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Tornado Warning 181, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 4:05 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 4:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Earle, AR | AT EARLE HIGH SCHOOL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
421
WFUS54 KMEG 252105
TORMEG
ARC035-037-252145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0181.110925T2105Z-110925T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
405 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VILLAGE CREEK STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EARLE...
MARION...PARKIN...WEST MEMPHIS AND VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE AND WAPANOCCA
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN 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 3541 9017 3539 9018 3538 9014 3540 9015
3541 9011 3536 9009 3531 9011 3530 9016
3527 9017 3524 9009 3521 9009 3519 9012
3512 9009 3513 9040 3515 9041 3514 9072
3527 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 259DEG 36KT 3520 9063
$$2 follow-up statements
954
WWUS54 KMEG 252114
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
ARC035-037-252145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0181.000000T0000Z-110925T2145Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-CROSS AR-
414 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CROSS AND CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DUVALL...OR NEAR
PARKIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EARLE...
MARION...PARKIN...TURRELL...WEST MEMPHIS...WITTSBURG...LEVESQUE...
RIVER FRONT...DUVALL...PRINCEDALE...MC DONALD...SMITHDALE...THREE
FORKS AND HEAFER.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE AND WAPANOCCA
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 9017 3539 9018 3538 9014 3540 9015
3541 9011 3536 9009 3531 9011 3530 9016
3527 9017 3524 9009 3519 9012 3512 9009
3514 9014 3513 9040 3515 9041 3514 9067
3528 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 259DEG 36KT 3521 9054
$$561
WWUS54 KMEG 252129
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
429 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
ARC035-037-252145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0181.000000T0000Z-110925T2145Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-CROSS AR-
429 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CROSS AND CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANSING...OR NEAR
EARLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EARLE
ARKANSAS AT 427 PM. HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EARLE...
MARION...PARKIN...TURRELL...WEST MEMPHIS...DUVALL...SMITHDALE...THREE
FORKS...HEAFER...LAMBETHVILLE...CLOAR...CRITTENDEN...LANSING AND
BOOKER.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE AND WAPANOCCA
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN 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 3541 9017 3539 9018 3538 9014 3540 9015
3541 9011 3537 9009 3531 9011 3530 9016
3527 9017 3524 9009 3519 9012 3512 9009
3514 9014 3513 9040 3515 9041 3515 9055
3531 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 259DEG 36KT 3524 9036
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 32 min |
| Sep 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.