Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 7:31 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:12 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Lepanto, AR | PENNY HAIL JUST WEST OF LEPANTO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 060131
TORMEG
ARC035-037-093-111-060215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0045.080206T0131Z-080206T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 731 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIR
OAKS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WYNNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VANNDALE...CHERRY VALLEY...PARKIN...HARRISBURG...MARKED TREE...
TYRONZA...TRUMANN...LEPANTO...DYESS...BASSETT AND MARIE.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL 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 3569 9030 3563 9000 3514 9073 3514 9085
3515 9103 3524 9104 3571 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 222DEG 56KT 3522 9086
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 060204
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
804 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
ARC035-037-093-111-060215-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080206T0215Z/
CROSS AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-CRITTENDEN AR-POINSETT AR-
804 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR EASTERN
POINSETT...NORTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN...SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND
CROSS COUNTIES...
AT 804 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERRY VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WYNNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARRISBURG...TYRONZA...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...MARIE...LEPANTO AND
DYESS.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3569 9030 3563 9000 3514 9073 3514 9085
3515 9103 3524 9104 3571 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 227DEG 51KT 3541 9063
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Randolph | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 16 min |
| Feb 5, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 61 min |
| Feb 5, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 8:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 8:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis | 56 min |
| Feb 5, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 33 min |
| Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 34 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.