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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

March 22, 2005Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 5:26 PM CST for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2005, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mississippi County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WFUS54 KMEG 222326
TORMEG
ARC093-230000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.050322T2326Z-050323T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
526 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 524 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARIE...OR
  ABOUT NEAR WILSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KEISER AND
  OSCEOLA.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3563 9026 3551 9008 3566 8989 3578 9003

$$

2 follow-up statements

000
WWUS54 KMEG 222341
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
541 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

ARC093-230000-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050323T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-
541 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY...

AT 538 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILSON...
MARIE...KEISER AND VICTORIA.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3563 9026 3551 9008 3566 8989 3578 9003

$$

000
WWUS54 KMEG 222347
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
547 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

ARC093-230000-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050323T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-
547 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY...

AT 543 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

.A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3570 9013 3560 8997 3566 8989 3578 8997

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	45 min
Mar 22, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	26 min
Mar 22, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	31 min
Mar 22, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	30 min
Mar 22, 4:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	24 min
Mar 22, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	17 min
Mar 22, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Poinsett	34 min
Mar 22, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Poinsett	33 min
Mar 22, 5:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	24 min
Mar 22, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	36 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.