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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Memphis, TN

June 16, 20114 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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
Jun 16, 2011, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKennett, MOTREES DOWN IN KENNETT
Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Kennett, MOFARM SHOPT LOST ROOF AND BACK WALL NEAR COUNTY ROAD 535 AND HWY Y.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 808 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

361 
WUUS54 KMEG 162225
SVRMEG
ARC021-031-055-093-MOC069-155-162315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0521.110616T2225Z-110616T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
525 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARDWELL...
  OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LEACHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KENNETT...
  SENATH...DILLMAN...SCOBEVILLE...GOBLER...DEER LAND...VINCIT...
  OCTA...CARUTH...BOWIE CORNER...RIVES...EUROPA...BUCODA AND BUCK
  DONIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3633 9010 3614 8991 3591 9030 3611 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 230DEG 14KT 3604 9029

$$


RRH
1 follow-up statement
714 
WWUS54 KMEG 162313
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
613 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

ARC021-031-055-093-MOC069-155-162323-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-110616T2315Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-CLAY AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
613 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PEMISCOT...
SOUTHERN DUNKLIN...EAST CENTRAL GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3633 9010 3614 8991 3591 9030 3611 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 230DEG 14KT 3616 9011

$$


RRH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene, Randolph46 min
Jun 16, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene44 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips, St. Francis47 min
Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett28 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene46 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis47 min
Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett44 min
Jun 16, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden49 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis44 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett25 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay38 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett49 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett32 min
Jun 16, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis46 min
Jun 16, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi27 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden44 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis3 hr
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett33 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi23 min
Jun 16, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis28 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi50 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.