Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 6:14 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 10 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:18 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Lepanto, AR | POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF LEPANTO |
| Feb 24, 6:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Trumann, AR | 18 WHEELER BLOWN OVER ON ITS SIDE ON HWY 63 NEAR TULOT. |
| Feb 24, 6:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | N Lepanto, AR | POWERLINES AND A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE...PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE. |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Etowah, AR | POWERLINES DOWN IN ETOWAH. |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | West Ridge, AR | BARN DESTROYED AND GIN DAMAGED. TIN SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA. ONE TREE SNAPPED AND ANOTHER TREE UPROOTED. WELL PIVOTS TURNED OVER ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WEST RIDGE. |
| Feb 24, 6:29 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Trumann, AR | TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 55 AT MILE MARKER 24. |
| Feb 24, 6:29 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Trumann, AR | TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 55 AT MILE MARKER 24. |
| Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gosnell, AR | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 6:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Osceola, AR | POWERLINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 61 AND ON HIGHWAY 140 1 MILE SOUTH OF OSCEOLA. |
| Feb 24, 6:47 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 62 | Osceola, AR | MEASURED WITH A HANDHELD ANEMOMETER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMEG 250014
TORMEG
ARC031-055-093-111-MOC069-155-TNC097-250045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0006.110225T0014Z-110225T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
614 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TRUMANN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...
BLYTHEVILLE...CARAWAY...GOSNELL...KEISER...LAKE CITY...
LEACHVILLE...LEPANTO...LUXORA...MANILA...MONETTE...OSCEOLA...
TRUMANN AND DENTON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BIG LAKE AND SUNK 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 3604 9039 3620 8995 3573 8967 3560 9005
3553 9051 3569 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 240DEG 57KT 3566 9045
$$1 follow-up statement
969
WWUS54 KMEG 250026
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
626 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ARC031-055-093-111-MOC069-155-TNC097-250045-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0045Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO-
PEMISCOT MO-LAUDERDALE TN-
626 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE...SOUTHWESTERN PEMISCOT...SOUTHERN DUNKLIN...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN POINSETT...MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN
CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...
AT 626 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVERVALE...OR
NEAR LEPANTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACK OAK...
BLYTHEVILLE...CARAWAY...GOSNELL...KEISER...LEACHVILLE...LEPANTO...
LUXORA...MANILA...MONETTE...OSCEOLA...THREE WAY...VICTORIA AND
DENTON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BIG LAKE AND SUNK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 9043 3604 9039 3620 8995 3573 8967
3560 9005 3554 9041
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 240DEG 57KT 3571 9024
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 6:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 37 days |
| Feb 25, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 38 days |
| Feb 24, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale and 2 more | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 7:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 8:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 34 days |
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.