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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2012, 5:37 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2012, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2012, 5:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639
WUUS54 KMEG 022237
SVRMEG
ARC107-022315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0166.120502T2237Z-120502T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
537 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE RIVER
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE RIVER
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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 3415 9109 3419 9110 3422 9107 3429 9108
3430 9107 3434 9105 3434 9103 3417 9091
3411 9101 3412 9112 3413 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 146DEG 11KT 3419 9106
$$1 follow-up statement
494
WWUS54 KMEG 022259
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
559 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
ARC107-022309-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120502T2315Z/
PHILLIPS AR-
559 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 559 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3415 9109 3419 9110 3422 9107 3429 9108
3430 9107 3434 9105 3434 9103 3417 9091
3411 9101 3412 9112 3413 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 146DEG 11KT 3424 9110
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 50 min |
| May 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 39 min |
| May 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.