Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2013

Tornado Warning 20, NWS Memphis, TN

May 31, 2013Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 12:49 AM CDT for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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 31, 2013, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 304 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: 1766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

902 
WFUS54 KMEG 310549
TORMEG
ARC077-123-310615-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0020.130531T0549Z-130531T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1249 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHEATLEY...OR NEAR
  BRINKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 9116 3500 9100 3487 9091 3483 9111
      3486 9111 3487 9112 3490 9113 3491 9114
      3495 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 234DEG 17KT 3489 9115

$$

1 follow-up statement

891 
WWUS54 KMEG 310611
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
111 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ARC077-123-310621-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130531T0615Z/
LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-
111 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS AND NORTHWESTERN
LEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT...

AT 111 AM 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
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

.CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR AREA.

LAT...LON 3500 9116 3500 9100 3487 9091 3483 9111
      3486 9111 3487 9112 3490 9113 3491 9114
      3495 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 234DEG 17KT 3495 9105

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 31, 12:30 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:30 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1230 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

.DISCUSSION...

UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 914 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013/

UPDATE...

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL AR. THE
HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH MODEL INDICATES THIS SYSTEM WILL
PUSH EAST-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST AR AND
THE MO BOOTHEEL AND INTO MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE MAIN THREATS BEING
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING
IS ALSO A THREAT. HAVE INCREASED THE POPS IN THE AREA OF TO BE
AFFECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. UPDATED GRIDS...ZONE
FORECASTS AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT.

JCL

PREV DISCUSSION...  /ISSUED 341 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013/

CURRENTLY...A BREEZY...WARM AND HUMID DAY UNDERWAY ACROSS THE
MIDSOUTH. SURFACE DEWPOINTS RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70
AND TEMPS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 80S WITH SOME BREAKS OF SUN HERE
AND THERE. AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE...THAT IS ROTATING
AROUND THE BASE OF THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
PLAINS...IS MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS FEATURE COMBINED
WITH SURFACE HEATING IS PRODUCING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH.

TONIGHT...THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH ATTM ARE MOSTLY
DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL WANE WITH LOSS OF
HEATING EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MS RIVER.
MEANWHILE COMPLEXES OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS AND TO THE NORTH
APPROACHING THE I-44 CORRIDOR IN MISSOURI ARE MORE ORGANIZED AND
SUPPORTED BY THE BAND OF STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCD WITH THE
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. AS THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE PUSHES INTO THE
MIDSOUTH EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH INTO NE
AR/MO BOOTHEEL THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF GOOD
INSTABILITY...SBCAPES OF 3000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -6C
TO -8C ...COMBINED WITH SOME STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCD WITH
THE SHORTWAVE...0-6KM BULK SHEAR OF 30KTS...WILL SUPPORT OF FEW
SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER NE AR AND
THE MO BOOTHEEL THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF MIDSOUTH
OVERNIGHT...PERHAPS PUSHING INTO THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT.
THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD WANE BY MIDNIGHT AS INSTABILITY
DIMINISHES AND THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST. LOWS WILL BE MILD
AGAIN...AROUND 70.

FRIDAY...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE LEFT OVER IN THE
MORNING ACROSS NE WEST TN. SHOULD SEE MORE SUNSHINE AS UPPER
RIDGING TRIES TO BUILD BACK IN DURING THE DAY. WILL SEE A FEW
DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON
THOUGH AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE LOW. TEMPS WILL WARM BACK INTO THE
MID AND UPPER 80S WITH A MODERATE SOUTHERLY BREEZE.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...FRIDAY EVENING SHOULD BE DRY AND
MILD. MEANWHILE A MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ROTATES AROUND THE
NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS UPPER TROF WHICH BEGINS TO MOVE A COLD FRONT
TOWARD THE MIDSOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT. BY 12Z SATURDAY THE COLD FRONT
WILL BE LOCATED FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD PUSH INTO NW PARTS OF THE
MIDSOUTH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THOSE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ACROSS NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL/NW TN.
THE COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH WILL
RESULT IN SOME SEVERE STORMS. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
SUNDAY MORNING WITH CLEARING AND COOLER CONDITIONS MOVING IN.

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD IN WITH SOME REALLY PLEASANT CONDITIONS. COULD SEE LOWS BACK
IN THE 50S ACROSS MANY PLACES MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EAST AND A
WARMER...MORE HUMID AIRMASS RETURNS ALONG WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

SJM

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES. CEILINGS WILL DROP TO MVFR LEVELS BY AROUND SUNRISE BUT
THEN IMPROVE TO VFR LEVELS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD.

ARS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  74  86  68  82 /  20  40  70  40
MKL  72  84  66  81 /  20  40  70  30
JBR  72  82  65  81 /  50  60  70  10
TUP  71  89  71  84 /  10  20  50  60

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
950 PM CDT THU MAY 30 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>092-010330-
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-
950 PM CDT THU MAY 30 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 TONIGHT ACROSS EAST
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND A
SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA AFFECTED IS
GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND WEST
HELENA ARKANSAS TO SOMERVILLE TENNESSEE TO PARIS TENNESSEE.
DAMAGING WINDS....LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING
IN FLOODING ARE THE MAIN THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MAY DEVELOP ACROSS MISSOURI FRIDAY
EVENING AND MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE MIDSOUTH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS
ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
TONIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE.

IN ADDITION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

JCL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 8:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
821 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013  M70.00 MPH       WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            RELAYED FROM PUBLIC TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013                   WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. ONE TREE
            FELL ON A CAR WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. RELAYED FROM PUBLIC
            TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

&&

JAB

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
822 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ARZ027-035-310200-
CROSS AR-POINSETT AR-
822 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR...

  WESTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF HICKORY RIDGE AT 823 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR WITH THIS  THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN CROSS AND POINSETT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3570 9105 3571 9082 3515 9092 3515 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 198DEG 16KT 3541 9105

Local storm report, May 30, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
942 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILDERSVILLE            35.78N 88.37W
05/30/2013                   HENDERSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...NORTH END OF COUNTY JUST OFF
            NATCHEZ TRACE ROAD...ESTIMATED 35-40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZE
            HAIL...MINOR STREET FLOODING

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  34.36N 89.53W
05/30/2013                   LAFAYETTE          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN CAUSING FOUR ROADS TO BE
            CLOSED...HWY 6 WAS CLOSED BRIEFLY...POWER OUTAGES...LIMBS
            DOWN ACROSS THE CITY

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  34.36N 89.53W
05/30/2013                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TALL LIGHT POLE AND FENCE BLOWN DOWN AT THE LAFAYETTE
            COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RAVENDEN                36.24N 91.25W
05/30/2013                   LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. A FEW POWER POLES ALSO
            DOWN. DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE LAWRENCE AND SHARP COUNTY
            LINE.

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BOLIVAR             35.21N 89.00W
05/30/2013  E60.00 MPH       HARDEMAN           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

0618 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SE BOLIVAR            35.22N 88.95W
05/30/2013  U60.00 MPH       HARDEMAN           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013                   MADISON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY...DIME SIZE HAIL...POWER
            OUTAGES

0700 PM     HAIL             NE JACKSON              35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            TN   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL...TREES DOWN

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E70.00 MPH       MADISON            TN   PUBLIC

            65-70 MPH ESTIMATED... TREES DOWN... POWER OUTAGES

0715 PM     TSTM WND GST     MEDINA                  35.80N 88.77W
05/30/2013  E0.00 MPH        GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...TREE LIMBS DOWN... PEA SIZE
            HAIL

0715 PM     HAIL             JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL...TREES UPROOTED BY THE WIND

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILAN                   35.92N 88.75W
05/30/2013                   GIBSON             TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON STINSON ROAD.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRENTON                 35.97N 88.94W
05/30/2013                   GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013                   WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. ONE TREE
            FELL ON A CAR WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. RELAYED FROM PUBLIC
            TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013  M70.00 MPH       WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            RELAYED FROM PUBLIC TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

&&

ZDM

Local storm report, May 30, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
944 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILDERSVILLE            35.78N 88.37W
05/30/2013                   HENDERSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...NORTH END OF COUNTY JUST OFF
            NATCHEZ TRACE ROAD...ESTIMATED 35-40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZE
            HAIL...MINOR STREET FLOODING

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  34.36N 89.53W
05/30/2013                   LAFAYETTE          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN CAUSING FOUR ROADS TO BE
            CLOSED...HWY 6 WAS CLOSED BRIEFLY...POWER OUTAGES...LIMBS
            DOWN ACROSS THE CITY

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  34.36N 89.53W
05/30/2013                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TALL LIGHT POLE AND FENCE BLOWN DOWN AT THE LAFAYETTE
            COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RAVENDEN                36.24N 91.25W
05/30/2013                   LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. A FEW POWER POLES ALSO
            DOWN. DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE LAWRENCE AND SHARP COUNTY
            LINE.

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BOLIVAR             35.21N 89.00W
05/30/2013  E60.00 MPH       HARDEMAN           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

0618 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SE BOLIVAR            35.22N 88.95W
05/30/2013  U60.00 MPH       HARDEMAN           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013                   MADISON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY...DIME SIZE HAIL...POWER
            OUTAGES

0700 PM     HAIL             NE JACKSON              35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            TN   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL...TREES DOWN

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E70.00 MPH       MADISON            TN   PUBLIC

            65-70 MPH ESTIMATED... TREES DOWN... POWER OUTAGES

0715 PM     TSTM WND GST     MEDINA                  35.80N 88.77W
05/30/2013  E0.00 MPH        GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...TREE LIMBS DOWN... PEA SIZE
            HAIL

0715 PM     HAIL             JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL...TREES UPROOTED BY THE WIND

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILAN                   35.92N 88.75W
05/30/2013                   GIBSON             TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON STINSON ROAD.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRENTON                 35.97N 88.94W
05/30/2013                   GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013  M70.00 MPH       WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            RELAYED FROM PUBLIC TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
05/30/2013                   WEAKLEY            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. ONE TREE
            FELL ON A CAR WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. RELAYED FROM PUBLIC
            TO NWS EMPLOYEE AT THE PADUCAH WFO.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, May 30, 10:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1004 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S JACKSON             35.56N 88.83W
05/30/2013                   MADISON            TN   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 18...BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC
            BLOCKED...POWER LINES ALSO DOWN.

&&

ZDM

Local storm report, May 30, 11:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1146 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
05/30/2013                   MADISON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWISTED TREES...A BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

&&

ZDM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Phillips	52 min
May 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene	40 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	33 min
May 30, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	38 min
May 31, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	37 min
May 31, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	51 min
May 31, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more	3 hr
May 31, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	4 hr
May 31, 5:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	4 hr
May 31, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	43 min
May 31, 3:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more	23 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Every tornado warning in 2013 Tornadoes in 2013

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.