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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 2007Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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: Apr 3, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Craighead County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
Apr 3, 6:54 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Ese Jonesboro, AR	TORNADO RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A METAL BUILDING. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AS AN EF-1.
Apr 3, 6:57 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 Nne Bay, AR	TORNADO RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO A RESIDENTIAL HOME. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AS AN EF-0.
Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Monette, AR
Apr 3, 7:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 0	1 W Lake City, AR
Apr 3, 7:07 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 W Lake City, AR

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
Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 1013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 032350
TORMEG
ARC031-040015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0010.070403T2351Z-070404T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
651 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE
  CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACK
  OAK...MONETTE AND CARAWAY

.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 3593 9029 3572 9029 3572 9066 3578 9066
      3580 9064 3593 9065

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 032355
SVSMEG

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

ARC031-040015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070404T0015Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-
654 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CRAIGHEAD
COUNTY...

AT 650 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF 
JONESBORO MOVING TOWARD LAKE CITY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
CITY...BLACK OAK...MONETTE AND CARAWAY.

.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 3593 9029 3572 9029 3572 9066 3578 9066
      3580 9064 3593 9065

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 040006
SVSMEG

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

ARC031-040015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070404T0015Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-
706 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CRAIGHEAD
COUNTY...

AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACK
OAK...MONETTE AND CARAWAY.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE 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 3593 9029 3572 9029 3572 9066 3578 9066
      3580 9064 3593 9065

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Randolph	67 min
Apr 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	66 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	50 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	30 min
Apr 3, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	55 min
Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	31 min
Apr 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	40 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.