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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Memphis, TN

June 11, 2012Craighead County, Greene County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT for Craighead County, Greene County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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: Jun 11, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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
Jun 11, 2:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Jonesboro, AR	REPORT FROM SPOTTER AND JONESBORO MEDIA OF GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
Jun 11, 2:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Jonesboro, AR
Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jonesboro, AR	ROOF DAMAGE TO A PLANT JUST EAST OF 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
Jun 11, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

067 
WUUS54 KMEG 111900
SVRMEG
ARC031-055-111-111945-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0261.120611T1900Z-120611T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
200 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 200 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
  JONESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...
  BONO...BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...MONETTE...TRUMANN AND
  LAKE FRIERSON STATE PARK.

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 3595 9029 3564 9043 3581 9086 3600 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 286DEG 20KT 3586 9067

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	51 min
Jun 11, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	43 min
Jun 11, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	50 min
Jun 11, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	53 min
Jun 11, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	48 min
Jun 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	35 min
Jun 11, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	52 min
Jun 11, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	36 min
Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	42 min
Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	50 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	42 min
Jun 11, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	45 min
Jun 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	116 min
Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	52 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.