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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 24, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 24, 5:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Paragould, AR | TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 628. REPORT RELAYED BY KAIT IN JONESBORO. |
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 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603
WFUS54 KMEG 242245
TORMEG
ARC055-242315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0046.110424T2245Z-110424T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
545 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 545 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARMADUKE...PARAGOULD AND CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK.
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 3608 9034 3597 9055 3598 9071 3619 9062
3626 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 242DEG 35KT 3607 9060
$$1 follow-up statement
981
WWUS54 KMEG 242303
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
603 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
ARC055-242315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110424T2315Z/
GREENE AR-
603 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
GREENE COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALLIDAY...OR NEAR
MARMADUKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARMADUKE...
PARAGOULD...BARD...GAINESVILLE...NOXBURN...HALLIDAY...COTTON BELT AND
BETHEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3608 9034 3597 9055 3598 9060 3622 9050
3626 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 242DEG 35KT 3615 9041
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 107 min |
| Apr 24, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Greene | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 25 days |
| Apr 24, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 23 days |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 3 days |
| Apr 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 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.