Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 5:25 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clay County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Corning, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 032225 TORMEG ARC021-032315- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0009.070403T2225Z-070403T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 525 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORNING... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HICKORIA...MCDOUGAL...POLLARD...GREENWAY...PIGGOTT AND ST. FRANCIS .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 3648 9071 3630 9071 3625 9005 3648 9013 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMEG 032246 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 546 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ARC021-032315- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070403T2315Z/ CLAY AR- 546 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CLAY COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RECTOR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWAY AND PIGGOTT. AT 532 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTH CORNING. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3644 9075 3628 9074 3621 9014 3639 9008 $$
000
WWUS54 KMEG 032259
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
600 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007
ARC021-032315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070403T2315Z/
CLAY AR-
600 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CLAY
COUNTY...
AT 555 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIGGOTT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY..
.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 3644 9075 3628 9074 3624 9022 3621 9014
3639 9008 3648 9015
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 032316
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
616 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007
ARC021-032326-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070403T2315Z/
CLAY AR-
616 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 612 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3644 9075 3628 9074 3624 9022 3621 9014
3639 9008 3648 9015
$$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, 5:30 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 |
| Apr 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 24 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.