Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2006, 10:47 AM CST for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2006, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:35 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Alicia, AR | SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 9, 6:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMEG 091646
SVRMEG
ARC075-121-091730-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.060309T1647Z-060309T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1047 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1044 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STRAWBERRY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF CAVE CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALICIA...
LYNN...MINTURN...ANNIEVILLE...BLACK ROCK...PORTIA...HOXIE...
RAVENDEN...IMBODEN...WALNUT RIDGE...COLLEGE CITY...RAVENDEN
SPRINGS...POCAHONTAS...DALTON...ATTICA...BIGGERS AND MAYNARD.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
.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 3620 9137 3587 9136 3589 9101 3619 9083
3648 9071 3651 9120
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 091714
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1114 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
ARC075-121-091730-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060309T1730Z/
RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-
1114 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST
FOR LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 1110 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POCAHONTAS TO WALNUT RIDGE TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MINTURN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POCAHONTAS TO
WALNUT RIDGE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF SWIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PORTIA...MAYNARD...COLLEGE CITY AND BIGGERS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3613 9105 3591 9132 3589 9101 3619 9083
3648 9071 3637 9112
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 6:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 6:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 16 min |
| Mar 9, 8:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 8:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 11:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 11:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 12:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 12:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 118 min |
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.