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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Memphis, TN

May 2, 2008Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 4:03 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
May 2, 2008, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2008-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1314 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 2008-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 532 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
1314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
532 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.8
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 022102
TORMEG
ARC035-077-MSC033-143-022145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0092.080502T2103Z-080502T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
403 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BRICKEYS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF HUGHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROBINSONVILLE...HORSESHOE LAKE...PINCKNEY...LAKE CORMORANT...
  WALLS...LYNCHBURG...HORN LAKE...SOUTHAVEN AND OLIVE BRANCH.

.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 3485 9063 3491 9050 3490 9042 3495 9041
      3500 9033 3501 9020 3504 9022 3505 9020
      3500 9018 3500 8985 3495 8981 3469 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 243DEG 35KT 3481 9048

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 022112
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
413 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ARC035-077-MSC033-143-022145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080502T2145Z/
LEE AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-
413 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TUNICA...NORTHERN DESOTO...SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN AND NORTHEASTERN
LEE COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
ROBINSONVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF HUGHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HORSESHOE LAKE...PINCKNEY...NEWPORT...LAKE CORMORANT...MEMPHIS...
WALLS...LYNCHBURG...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH AND HORN LAKE.

.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.

LAT...LON 3485 9063 3491 9050 3490 9042 3495 9041
      3500 9033 3501 9020 3504 9022 3505 9020
      3500 9018 3500 8985 3495 8981 3469 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 245DEG 31KT 3486 9040

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 022132
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ARC035-077-MSC033-143-022142-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080502T2145Z/
LEE AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-
432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TUNICA...NORTHERN DESOTO...SOUTH
CENTRAL CRITTENDEN AND NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 432 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.

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3485 9063 3491 9050 3490 9042 3495 9041
      3500 9033 3501 9020 3504 9022 3505 9020
      3500 9018 3500 8985 3495 8981 3469 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 245DEG 31KT 3493 9022

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:29 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more17 hr
May 2, 10:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph2 hr
May 2, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene36 min
May 2, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett47 min
May 2, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead93 min
May 2, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene21 min
May 2, 12:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGGreene91 min
May 2, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene44 min
May 2, 1:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLawrence64 min
May 2, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, St. Francis41 min
May 2, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, Mississippi, Poinsett42 min
May 2, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, Lee, St. Francis50 min
May 2, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi51 min
May 2, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, St. Francis49 min
May 2, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCross, St. Francis93 min
May 2, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Phillips, St. Francis57 min
May 2, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi52 min
May 2, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi89 min
May 2, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi50 min
May 2, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi40 min
May 2, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi40 min
May 2, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMississippi95 min
May 2, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips39 min
May 2, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall39 min
May 2, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate48 min
May 2, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Tate, Tunica45 min
May 2, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha45 min
May 2, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate42 min
May 2, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie46 min
May 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tate50 min
May 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola30 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Yalobusha23 min
May 2, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Union42 min
May 2, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman44 min
May 2, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Tippah, Union42 min
May 2, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate95 min
May 2, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tate42 min
May 2, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Union51 min
May 2, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman46 min
May 2, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 1 more90 min
May 2, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Union42 min
May 2, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah, Union49 min
May 2, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss, Union31 min
May 2, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Union44 min
May 2, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman41 min
May 2, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss33 min
May 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tate30 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTishomingo83 min
May 2, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah, Union44 min
May 2, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union38 min
May 2, 6:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 2 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008

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.