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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT for Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2008, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Jul 27, 9:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 9:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 912 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ARZ017-271500- LAWRENCE AR- 912 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LYNN AT 912 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK... HOXIE AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:45 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 945 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ARZ026-027-271530- CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR- 945 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... WESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CASH AT 945 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAY...BONO...BROOKLAND...HARRISBURG AND JONESBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:17 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1017 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ARZ027-035-271600- CROSS AR-POINSETT AR- 1017 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HICKORY RIDGE AT 1017 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CROSS AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PARKIN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.