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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 2006Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 11:35 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGAlicia, ARSMALL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 6:52 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene, Lawrence26 min
Mar 9, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene31 min
Mar 9, 5:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett38 min
Mar 9, 6:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett20 min
Mar 9, 6:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene32 min
Mar 9, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett36 min
Mar 9, 6:57 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCross33 min
Mar 9, 7:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett16 min
Mar 9, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi34 min
Mar 9, 8:42 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more7 hr
Mar 9, 9:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph37 min
Mar 9, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene49 min
Mar 9, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett41 min
Mar 9, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay45 min
Mar 9, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross33 min
Mar 9, 11:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett2 hr
Mar 9, 11:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden28 min
Mar 9, 11:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Poinsett47 min
Mar 9, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi41 min
Mar 9, 12:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay37 min
Mar 9, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden45 min
Mar 9, 12:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis118 min
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene, Randolph45 min
Mar 9, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead39 min
Mar 9, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi27 min
Mar 9, 5:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi34 min

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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.