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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 8, 2008Cross County, Arkansas

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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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
Jan 8, 1:26 PM CSTTORNADOParkin, ARTORNADO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 8:34 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 466 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 9:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more25 hr
Jan 8, 10:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph43 min
Jan 8, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett, St. Francis54 min
Jan 8, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis60 min
Jan 8, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett47 min
Jan 8, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips58 min
Jan 8, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMississippi50 min
Jan 8, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis41 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.