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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

January 8, 2008Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 1:28 PM CST for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 7 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: Jan 8, 2008, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2008, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 8, 1:52 PM CST	TORNADO	6 Nnw Turrell, AR	EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN DECKERVILLE ON LUCAS ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 63. THIS TORNADO WAS 25 YARDS WIDE AND 250 YARDS LONG. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AND A UTILITY AND PARKING SHED WERE DESTROYED. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN.
Jan 8, 1:52 PM CST	TORNADO	6 Se Marked Tree, AR	EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN DECKERVILLE ON LUCAS ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 63. THIS TORNADO WAS 25 YARDS WIDE AND 250 YARDS LONG. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AND A UTILITY AND PARKING SHED WERE DESTROYED. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN.
Jan 8, 2:11 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Birdsong, AR	DAMAGE TO A SHOP BUILDING
Jan 8, 2:11 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Joiner, AR	PENNY SIZE HAIL IN JOINER
Jan 8, 2:14 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	1 S Osceola, AR	GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF OSCEOLA
Jan 8, 2:20 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	Osceola, AR	HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN OSCEOLA.
Jan 8, 2:20 PM CST	TORNADO	5 S Osceola, AR	SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED...SEMI TRUCKS OVERTURNED ON HIGHWAY 61...PERSONS INITIALLY TRAPPED IN HOME BUT NOW FREED...NO KNOWN INURIES AT TIME OF REPORT.

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
Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 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 081927
TORMEG
ARC035-093-111-082015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0003.080108T1928Z-080108T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
128 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 128 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF EARLE...OR
  ABOUT NEAR PARKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MARKED TREE...TYRONZA...JERICHO...GILMORE...
  TURRELL...LEPANTO...DYESS...JOINER...THREE WAY...BASSETT...MARIE...
  WILSON...KEISER...OSCEOLA AND LUXORA.

.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 3573 8996 3568 8994 3556 8998 3554 9004
      3542 9003 3542 9008 3533 9009 3531 9016
      3527 9016 3524 9011 3518 9049 3565 9047
      3579 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 246DEG 43KT 3528 9057

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 082004
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
205 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

ARC035-111-082015-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080108T2015Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-POINSETT AR-
205 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN POINSETT AND NORTHERN CRITTENDEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 205 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3579 8992 3573 8996 3568 8994 3556 8998
      3554 9004 3543 9002 3542 9007 3548 9009
      3544 9014 3545 9029 3567 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 237DEG 48KT 3556 9013

$$

ARC093-082015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080108T2015Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-
205 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...

AT 205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BASSETT...OR ABOUT
7 MILES WEST OF WILSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARIE...KEISER AND OSCEOLA.

.DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

.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 3579 8992 3573 8996 3568 8994 3556 8998
      3554 9004 3543 9002 3542 9007 3548 9009
      3544 9014 3545 9029 3567 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 237DEG 48KT 3556 9013

$$

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, 1:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross	43 min
Jan 8, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	60 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

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.