Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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 5, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crittenden County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Jericho, AR | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 18 ALONG INTERSTATE 55 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH OF JERICHO. |
| Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jericho, AR | LARGE PIVOT ON IRRIGATION SYSTEM BROKEN UP FROM HIGH WINDS NEAR MILE MARKER 17 ON INTERSTATE 55. |
| Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jericho, AR | A LARGE TREE DOWN ON AN AUTOMOBILE IN JERICHO...DUE TO DAMAGING WINDS. |
| Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Jericho, AR | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN JERICHO. |
| Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Marion, AR | GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WFUS54 KMEG 060015
TORMEG
ARC035-060045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0021.130606T0015Z-130606T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
715 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 715 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILMORE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF EARLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARION.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE AND WAPANOCCA
LAKE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3544 9045 3544 9031 3540 9017 3538 9017
3537 9009 3531 9011 3530 9016 3527 9017
3523 9008 3521 9007 3519 9012 3513 9007
3512 9010 3531 9051 3534 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 296DEG 23KT 3536 9037
$$1 follow-up statement
706
WWUS54 KMEG 060031
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
ARC035-060045-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130606T0045Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-
731 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY...
AT 730 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4
SW OF GILMORE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOOKER...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURRELL...
STACY...HEAFER...LAMBETHVILLE...BOOKER...CLARKEDALE...JAMES MILL...
HARVARD...ST CLAIR...REDMAN POINT AND GAMMON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3544 9031 3540 9017 3538 9017 3537 9009
3534 9011 3531 9011 3530 9016 3527 9017
3523 9008 3521 9007 3519 9017 3533 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 296DEG 23KT 3532 9026
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 25 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.