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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 24, 2007Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 3:03 PM CST for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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
Feb 24, 2007, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phillips County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 3:27 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Crumrod, ARROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE IN MELLWOOD. TV ANTENNA ALSO BLOWN OVER.
Feb 24, 3:35 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGElaine, ARPIECES OF A TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN. LARGE TREE BLOWN 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
Feb 24, 1:10 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 555 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 242106
TORMEG
ARC107-242200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0001.070224T2103Z-070224T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
303 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 300 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 30        
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRUMROD...OR NEAR DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST      
  AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELAINE...
  WATKINS CORNER...LAKE VIEW...LEXA...WEST HELENA AND HELENA

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN DUMAS 
ARKANSAS WITH DAMAGE REPORTED. 

.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 3448 9100 3465 9071 3463 9060 3457 9055
      3441 9059 3436 9068 3439 9074 3429 9076
      3430 9081 3422 9086 3426 9092 3421 9094
      3419 9089 3419 9089 3414 9097 3413 9107

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 242121
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
321 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

ARC107-242200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T2200Z/
PHILLIPS AR-
321 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PHILLIPS
COUNTY...

AT 320 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
CRUMROD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE WITT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRUMROD...ELAINE...WATKINS CORNER...LAKE VIEW...LEXA...WEST HELENA
AND HELENA

LAT...LON 3448 9100 3465 9071 3463 9060 3457 9055
      3441 9059 3436 9068 3439 9074 3429 9076
      3430 9081 3422 9086 3426 9092 3421 9094
      3419 9089 3419 9089 3414 9097 3413 9107

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 242137
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
337 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

ARC107-242200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T2200Z/
PHILLIPS AR-
337 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PHILLIPS
COUNTY...

AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ELAINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELAINE...WATKINS CORNER...LAKE VIEW...LEXA...WEST HELENA AND HELENA

LAT...LON 3448 9100 3465 9071 3463 9060 3457 9055
      3441 9059 3436 9068 3439 9074 3429 9076
      3430 9081 3422 9086 3426 9092 3421 9094
      3419 9089 3419 9089 3414 9097 3413 9107

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:44 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more18 hr
Feb 24, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPhillips15 min
Feb 24, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips28 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.