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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 2007Crittenden County, Cross County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 8:14 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 3, 2007, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 2532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 040113
SVRMEG
ARC035-037-040200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0032.070404T0114Z-070404T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
814 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTH OF PARKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EARLE...GILMORE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TURRELL...JERICHO...SUNSET AND
  MARION.

.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 3543 9017 3542 9019 3538 9017 3539 9014
      3532 9014 3515 9009 3527 9067 3529 9067
      3544 9067 3544 9024

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 040141
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
841 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

ARC035-037-040200-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070404T0200Z/
CROSS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-
841 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR CRITTENDEN AND CROSS COUNTIES...

AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EARLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRAWFORDSVILLE...GILMORE...TURRELL...JERICHO...SUNSET AND MARION.

.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 3543 9017 3542 9019 3538 9017 3539 9014
      3532 9014 3515 9009 3522 9073 3530 9073
      3544 9067 3544 9024

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 3, 1:53 PM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:53 PM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
153 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

.DISCUSSION...
STILL LOOKING AT A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...LIKELY MOVING THROUGH
THE MIDSOUTH LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.

18Z LZK SOUNDING AND LATE MORNING AIRCRAFT SOUNDINGS AT MEMPHIS
INDICATE A WARM LAYER AT 900 MB TO 750 MB...EFFECTIVELY CAPPING
DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. THIS CAP IS GRADUALLY ERODING...AS SURFACE
TEMPS OVER NORTHERN AR REACH THE LOWER 80S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE
MID 60S. GOES VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATED LINEAR ORIENTED TOWERING
CU DEVELOPING OVER THIS AREA... AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHICH ROUGHLY
EXTENDED ALONG INTERSTATE 44 AT DISCUSSION TIME.

EXPECT A MULTI SEGMENT LINEAR MCS TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER
THE OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE
MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING. 18Z SPC MESOANALYSIS ESTIMATED CAPES WERE
APPROACHING 2000 J/KG OVER THE MIDSOUTH. WITH MARGINAL SHEAR...LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS. GIVEN THE HIGH INSTABILITY...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT NEAR BOUNDARIES AND OTHER LOCALIZED SOURCES OF
HIGHER HELICITY. WHAT TORNADO THREAT THERE IS SHOULD DECREASE
BY LATE EVENING AS INSTABILITY MODERATES.

POST FRONTAL AIRMASS CHANGE WILL BE DRAMATIC... COURTESY OF
SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND DRIER CANADIAN AIR. VERY LOW DEWPOINTS
AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SUBFREEZING MINIMUM TEMPS
THIS WEEKEND. SOME QUESTION PERSISTS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF MID
AND HIGH CLOUDS...BUT THE LOW DEWPOINTS REMAIN AND WINDS SHOULD BE
LIGHT BY LATE THURSDAY. 1000 TO 500 MB THICKNESSES OF 5220 M ARE
CERTAINLY UNUSUAL FOR EARLY/MID APRIL. WILL MENTION MORNING FROST
IN THE WEEKEND PERIODS AND MAINTAIN MENTION OF POSSIBLE FREEZING
TEMPS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

PWB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  50  63  40  60 /  70   0   0   0
MKL  47  61  30  56 /  70   0   0   0
JBR  47  62  35  57 /  40   0   0   0
TUP  56  66  37  59 /  80   0   0   0

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
255 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-041030-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-
MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
255 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ROUGHLY
NORTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI LINE. A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS SOUTH OF THIS LINE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE MODERATE
RISK AREA. STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE
BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 8 PM AND 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND REMAIN OVER THE
MIDSOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS
COULD BE NEAR THE FREEZING POINT. OVER THE WEEKEND...FREEZING LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
THROUGH THE EVENING.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
722 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             PARAGOULD               36.06N 90.51W
04/03/2007  M1.25 INCH       GREENE             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0630 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BIGGERS                 36.33N 90.81W
04/03/2007  E0.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STREET FLOODING ON RURAL ROADS IN COUNTY

0638 PM     HAIL             SENATH                  36.13N 90.16W
04/03/2007  E0.75 INCH       DUNKLIN            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

0639 PM     HAIL             2 E PARAGOULD           36.06N 90.48W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       GREENE             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0649 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 S JONESBORO           35.81N 90.69W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VIEW FROM HWY 63

0654 PM     TORNADO          1 E JONESBORO           35.82N 90.67W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BUILDINGS DAMAGED

0700 PM     HAIL             MONETTE                 35.89N 90.34W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0707 PM     TORNADO          1 W LAKE CITY           35.82N 90.47W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0710 PM     HAIL             LEACHVILLE              35.92N 90.26W
04/03/2007  E1.75 INCH       MISSISSIPPI        AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S BAY                 35.71N 90.56W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SVR

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:24 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
724 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

TNZ021-040100-
CARROLL TN-
724 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CARROLL COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER MIDDLE FORK AT 724 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF HUNTINGDON...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
800 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     TORNADO          1 W LAKE CITY           35.82N 90.47W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0710 PM     HAIL             LEACHVILLE              35.92N 90.26W
04/03/2007  E1.75 INCH       MISSISSIPPI        AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S BAY                 35.71N 90.56W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE TRENTON            35.94N 88.90W
04/03/2007                   GIBSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

&&

SVR

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
802 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     TORNADO          1 W LAKE CITY           35.82N 90.47W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0710 PM     HAIL             LEACHVILLE              35.92N 90.26W
04/03/2007  E1.75 INCH       MISSISSIPPI        AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S BAY                 35.71N 90.56W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE TRENTON            35.94N 88.90W
04/03/2007                   GIBSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0758 PM     HAIL             HUMBOLDT                35.82N 88.91W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SVR

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
804 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     TORNADO          1 W LAKE CITY           35.82N 90.47W
04/03/2007                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0710 PM     HAIL             LEACHVILLE              35.92N 90.26W
04/03/2007  E1.75 INCH       MISSISSIPPI        AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S BAY                 35.71N 90.56W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE TRENTON            35.94N 88.90W
04/03/2007                   GIBSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0758 PM     HAIL             HUMBOLDT                35.82N 88.91W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0803 PM     HAIL             HUMBOLDT                35.82N 88.91W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SVR

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:11 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
811 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S BAY                 35.71N 90.56W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE TRENTON            35.94N 88.90W
04/03/2007                   GIBSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0758 PM     HAIL             HUMBOLDT                35.82N 88.91W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0803 PM     HAIL             HUMBOLDT                35.82N 88.91W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0803 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SVR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	36 min
Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	46 min
Apr 3, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	42 min
Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	45 min
Apr 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	28 min
Apr 3, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	44 min
Apr 4, 3:48 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more	24 hr
Apr 4, 3:48 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	28 hr

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.