Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2012, 6:59 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 22, 2012, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:26 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Black Rock, AR | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BLACK ROCK. |
| Jan 22, 7:38 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Sedgwick, AR | DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER. |
| Jan 22, 7:38 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Cash, AR | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 226 AND 67 NEAR CASH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
144
WUUS54 KMEG 230059
SVRMEG
ARC031-055-075-121-230145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0009.120123T0059Z-120123T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
659 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 659 PM CST...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 13 MILES SOUTH
OF STRAWBERRY...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALICIA...
ANNIEVILLE...BLACK ROCK...CASH...COLLEGE CITY...EGYPT...HOXIE...
IMBODEN...LYNN...MINTURN...PORTIA...STRAWBERRY...WALNUT RIDGE AND
LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
.DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3611 9136 3632 9111 3616 9081 3580 9085
3575 9104 3588 9105 3589 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 230DEG 46KT 3581 9131
$$
WRB/RRH2 follow-up statements
444
WWUS54 KMEG 230110
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
710 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
ARC031-055-075-121-230145-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120123T0145Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-GREENE AR-LAWRENCE AR-RANDOLPH AR-
710 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH...LAWRENCE...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GREENE
AND NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRANGERS HOME...OR 11 MILES
NORTH OF TUCKERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALICIA...
BLACK ROCK...CASH...COLLEGE CITY...EGYPT...HOXIE...LYNN...MINTURN...
PORTIA...POWHATAN...SEDGWICK...STRAWBERRY...WALNUT RIDGE AND BIRDELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3599 9136 3630 9108 3616 9081 3580 9085
3575 9104 3588 9105 3589 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 229DEG 47KT 3590 9117
$$
WRB/RRH312
WWUS54 KMEG 230129
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
729 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
ARC031-055-075-121-230145-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120123T0145Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-GREENE AR-LAWRENCE AR-RANDOLPH AR-
729 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH...EASTERN LAWRENCE...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...
AT 728 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARBOR GROVE...OR NEAR HOXIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALICIA...
BLACK ROCK...CASH...COLLEGE CITY...EGYPT...HOXIE...MINTURN...
PORTIA...POWHATAN...SEDGWICK...WALNUT RIDGE...BIRDELL...SHARUM AND
FENDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 9116 3610 9121 3629 9105 3616 9081
3580 9085 3575 9104 3588 9105 3589 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 222DEG 51KT 3609 9096
$$
WRB/RRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Jan 22, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 22 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.