Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kennett, MO | TREES DOWN IN KENNETT |
| Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Kennett, MO | FARM 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 50 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.