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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cooter, MO | 65 MPH WINDS WITH LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Cooter, MO | FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOTTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY IN A FIELD. SOME DAMAGE NEAR PATH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184
WFUS54 KMEG 200330
TORMEG
ARC093-MOC069-155-200415-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0035.110420T0330Z-110420T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1030 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1030 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
MANILA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLYTHEVILLE...GOSNELL...LEACHVILLE...MANILA...CARUTHERSVILLE...
DENTON...STEELE...RIVES...COTTON PLANT...EUROPA...SUNRISE...
HORNERSVILLE JUNCTION...GILBERT AND TEMPLES CORNER.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BIG LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
.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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8966 3603 8968 3600 8972 3597 8972
3587 8978 3581 8979 3572 9029 3599 9028
3611 8997
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 242DEG 55KT 3591 9012
$$2 follow-up statements
041
WWUS54 KMEG 200357
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1057 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
MOC069-200407-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110420T0415Z/
DUNKLIN MO-
1057 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1057 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3621 8966 3603 8968 3600 8972 3597 8972
3588 8978 3581 8979 3580 8999 3600 8996
3611 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 242DEG 55KT 3610 8967
$$
ARC093-MOC155-200415-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110420T0415Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO-
1057 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PEMISCOT AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...
AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TYLER...OR 6 MILES
EAST OF STEELE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE...DENTON...HOLLAND...STEELE...NUMBER
NINE...HUFFMAN...BURTON...ARMOREL...BARFIELD...LENS FORD...YARBRO...
TUCKERTOWN AND TEMPLES CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8966 3603 8968 3600 8972 3597 8972
3588 8978 3581 8979 3580 8999 3600 8996
3611 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 242DEG 55KT 3610 8967
$$804
WWUS54 KMEG 200407
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1107 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
ARC093-MOC155-200417-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110420T0415Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO-
1107 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PEMISCOT AND NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1107 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3621 8966 3603 8968 3600 8972 3597 8972
3588 8978 3581 8979 3580 8999 3600 8996
3611 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 242DEG 55KT 3617 8950
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 67 min |
| Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 66 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.