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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2008, 7:19 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
- Mar 18, 2008, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Blytheville, AR | TELEPHONE POLES AND TRANFORMERS DAMAGED |
| Mar 18, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Holland, MO | TRANFORMERS BLOWING UP...POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Mar 18, 8:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Holland, MO | TORNADO REPORTED BETWEEN DENTON AND HOLLAND...NEAR HWYS 61 AND 164 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 675 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 190018
TORMEG
ARC031-093-MOC069-155-190100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0075.080319T0019Z-080319T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
719 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLACK OAK...OR NEAR
MONETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LEACHVILLE...MANILA...DELL...HORNERSVILLE...GOSNELL...
BLYTHEVILLE...DENTON...STEELE AND COOTER.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
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 3591 8974 3588 8976 3571 9037 3594 9049
3625 8971 3624 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 239DEG 47KT 3586 9032
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 190034
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
733 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
ARC031-093-MOC069-155-190100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080319T0100Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
733 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PEMISCOT...SOUTHERN DUNKLIN...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN
CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...
AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MANILA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DELL...
HORNERSVILLE...GOSNELL...BLYTHEVILLE...HOLLAND...DENTON...STEELE AND
COOTER.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3591 8974 3588 8976 3571 9037 3594 9049
3625 8971 3624 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 240DEG 41KT 3592 9016
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 190041
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
740 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
ARC031-190050-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080319T0100Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-
740 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 740 PM CDT...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.
THERE IS STILL A TORNADO WATCH IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3591 8974 3588 8976 3579 9022 3602 9029
3625 8971 3624 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 237DEG 43KT 3600 9007
$$
ARC093-MOC069-155-190100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080319T0100Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
740 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PEMISCOT...SOUTHERN DUNKLIN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...
AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HORNERSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF GOSNELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLYTHEVILLE...HOLLAND...DENTON...STEELE AND COOTER.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3591 8974 3588 8976 3579 9022 3602 9029
3625 8971 3624 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 237DEG 43KT 3600 9007
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 34 days |
| Mar 19, 12:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 36 days |
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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.