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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Memphis, TN

June 5, 2013Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2013, 5:58 PM CDT for Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2013, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
512 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-070015-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
512 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 TONIGHT. THIS AREA INCLUDES NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WEST TENNESSEE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40.

JLH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
253 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0213 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W TUPELO              34.26N 88.77W
06/05/2013                   LEE                MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS 3-4 INCH DIAMETER
            LIMBS DOWN IN DOWNTOWN TUPELO.

&&

CJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 11:35 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lauderdale10 days
Jun 5, 11:35 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGLauderdale, Tipton10 days
Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGUnion51 min
Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah31 min
Jun 5, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette29 min
Jun 5, 7:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss27 min
Jun 5, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo24 min
Jun 5, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola27 min
Jun 5, 11:35 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGTunica10 days
Jun 5, 11:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola25 min
Jun 5, 12:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha3 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo33 min
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall39 min
Jun 5, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett50 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Poinsett51 min
Jun 5, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett48 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett46 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.