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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:09 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee. 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marion, AR | TWO TRUCKS OVERTURN ON I 40 IN MARION |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Memphis, AR | STEEL STRUCTURE WITH ROOF TWISTED UPWARD AND WALL DOWN. MANY SIGNS ALONG I 40 BROKEN OFF. FORD DEALERSHIP IN WEST MEMPHIS HAS ENTIRE FRONT OF BUILDING DESTROYED. |
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 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMEG 262309
TORMEG
ARC035-TNC157-270015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0070.110426T2309Z-110427T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
609 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO NEAR WEST MEMPHIS...OR NEAR MARION...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNSET...
WEST MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS AND
MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 9000 3539 8993 3509 8984 3509 9018
3532 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 250DEG 17KT 3517 9026
$$4 follow-up statements
260
WWUS54 KMEG 262318
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
618 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ARC035-TNC157-270015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-SHELBY TN-
618 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
SHELBY AND EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLANTON...OR NEAR
WEST MEMPHIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNSET...WEST
MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...HARVARD...
BRIARK...BRIDGE JUNCTION...BLANTON...MOUND CITY...ST CLAIR...REDMAN
POINT...GAMMON AND GILESTOWN.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 9022 3532 9009 3537 8992 3509 8984
3509 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 264DEG 25KT 3517 9017
$$814
WWUS54 KMEG 262324
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
624 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ARC035-TNC157-270015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-SHELBY TN-
624 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
SHELBY AND EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST CLAIR...OR 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST MEMPHIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNSET...WEST
MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...HARVARD...
BRIARK...BRIDGE JUNCTION...BLANTON...MOUND CITY...ST CLAIR...REDMAN
POINT...GAMMON AND GILESTOWN.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 9022 3532 9009 3537 8992 3509 8984
3509 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 261DEG 35KT 3520 9004
$$093
WWUS54 KMEG 262342
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
642 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ARC035-262352-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-
642 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 642 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3515 8998 3530 9014 3532 9009 3537 8992
3515 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 250DEG 37KT 3530 8985
$$
TNC157-270015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
SHELBY TN-
642 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SHELBY COUNTY...
AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCY...OR NEAR
MILLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FRAYSER...
GILESTOWN...LOCKE...BENJESTOWN...SLOANVILLE...GRIFFIN CORNER...
LUCY...WOODSTOCK AND RALEIGH.
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 3515 8998 3530 9014 3532 9009 3537 8992
3515 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 250DEG 37KT 3530 8985
$$771
WWUS54 KMEG 262359
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
659 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TNC157-270009-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
SHELBY TN-
659 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 659 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
LAT...LON 3515 8998 3530 9014 3532 9009 3537 8992
3515 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 250DEG 37KT 3536 8965
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, Poinsett and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 14 days |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 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.