Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 1:02 PM CST for Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Jan 8, 2008, 1:02 PM CST (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cross County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | TORNADO | Parkin, AR | TORNADO REPORTED IN PARKIN AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 081901
TORMEG
ARC037-081945-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0002.080108T1902Z-080108T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
102 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST
* AT 102 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WYNNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VANNDALE...CHERRY VALLEY AND PARKIN.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.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 3532 9050 3530 9051 3528 9050 3526 9051
3514 9080 3517 9099 3526 9106 3544 9076
3544 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 234DEG 51KT 3520 9087
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 081918
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
118 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
ARC037-081945-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080108T1945Z/
CROSS AR-
118 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR EASTERN
CROSS COUNTY...
AT 118 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WYNNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHERRY
VALLEY AND PARKIN.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3544 9050 3525 9051 3524 9057 3520 9064
3520 9067 3514 9080 3521 9083 3532 9085
3544 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 242DEG 43KT 3524 9071
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 081944
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
145 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
ARC037-081955-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080108T1945Z/
CROSS AR-
145 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CROSS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
AT 145 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3544 9050 3525 9051 3524 9057 3520 9064
3520 9067 3514 9080 3521 9083 3532 9085
3544 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 242DEG 43KT 3539 9036
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 54 min |
| Jan 8, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 60 min |
| Jan 8, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 58 min |
| Jan 8, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 41 min |
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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.