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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 574 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 182313
TORMEG
MOC069-155-190000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0073.080318T2313Z-080319T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
613 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ARBYRD...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SENATH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DENTON...STEELE...DEERING...HAYTI HEIGHTS...HAYTI...BOLTON AND
CARUTHERSVILLE.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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 3637 8954 3635 8962 3629 8956 3625 8957
3625 8971 3617 8959 3612 8960 3599 9010
3600 9028 3612 9029 3615 9023 3643 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 244DEG 38KT 3608 9014
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 182327
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
627 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
MOC069-155-190000-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-080319T0000Z/
DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
627 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEMISCOT
AND SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DENTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOLLAND...STEELE...DEERING...BRAGG CITY...PASCOLA...HAYTI HEIGHTS...
HOMESTOWN...HAYTI...BOLTON...CARUTHERSVILLE AND HAYWARD.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3637 8954 3635 8962 3629 8956 3625 8957
3625 8971 3617 8959 3612 8960 3599 9010
3600 9028 3612 9029 3615 9023 3643 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 244DEG 38KT 3614 8997
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 26 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 48 days |
| Mar 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.