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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2013, 8:07 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 5, 2013, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.
595 WFUS54 KMEG 060107 TORMEG ARC035-TNC157-060130- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.130606T0107Z-130606T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 807 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 806 PM CDT...COAST GUARD REPORTED A WATERSPOUT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS TORNADO IS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRAYSER...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE AND CORONEE 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 3525 8973 3508 8984 3523 9016 3534 9010 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 299DEG 15KT 3525 9006 $$
1 follow-up statement
855 WWUS54 KMEG 060124 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 824 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ARC035-060133- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130606T0130Z/ CRITTENDEN AR- 824 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 823 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3525 8973 3511 8982 3518 9004 3531 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 299DEG 15KT 3522 8998 $$ TNC157-060130- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130606T0130Z/ SHELBY TN- 824 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY... AT 806 PM CDT...A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRAYSER...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT... LUCY...WOODSTOCK...RALEIGH...SPRING LAKE AND ELMORE PARK. 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 3525 8973 3511 8982 3518 9004 3531 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 299DEG 15KT 3522 8998 $$
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 Jun 5, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 607 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 418 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST KANASAS...OKLAHOMA...AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AS OF 3 PM CDT...TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE 70S ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND MAINLY 80S ELSEWHERE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IN THE LONG TERM ARE THE PREDOMINANT FORECAST CHALLENGES IN THIS AFTERNOON/S FORECAST. SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX /MCV/ OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI COMBINED WITH A LINGERING WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI HAVE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME INSTABILITY AND SURFACE/LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE...FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WORKED OVER THE ATMOSPHERE AND CONFIDENCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RE- DEVELOPMENT REMAINS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT. SHORT TERM MODELS HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE OVERALL HANDLING OF THE MCV OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND CONFIDENCE SUBSEQUENTLY REMAINS LOWER TONIGHT WITH THE OVERALL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT...HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE HIGH END CHANCE CATEGORY INSTEAD OF LIKELY/CATEGORICAL. NONETHELESS...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND LIKELY POPS SEEM REASONABLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 2000 J/KG...0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES AVERAGING AROUND 20 KTS...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES. A FEW RATHER UNORGANIZED STRONG TO PERHAPS ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY FRIDAY EVENING AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE/WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SLOWLY BUILDS IN ACROSS THE REGION. LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...12Z LONG TERM MODELS INDICATE A POTENTIALLY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. LATEST LONG RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THE MID SOUTH WILL BE ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AND POTENTIAL FOR SUBSEQUENT MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM /MCS/ DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT/STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE AND KEPT POPS ON THE LOW END UNTIL MODELS COME INTO BETTER CONSENSUS. CJC && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF SET SHRAS/TSRAS STARTING TO FIRE UP ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SHORTWAVE THAT IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BLOSSOM DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS INTERACTION OCCURS WITH LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. WILL HAVE TEMPOS FOR LOWER CIGS/VSBYS AT KJBR AND KMKL. MAY NEED A TEMPO AT KMEM BUT FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT UNTIL MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. ALTHOUGH..WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF VCTS FROM 4Z INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AT KMEM. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO AROUND 8 KTS DURING THE OVERNIGHT TO MID-MORNING HOURS. KRM && && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 71 85 67 83 / 50 60 40 10 MKL 69 83 65 82 / 50 60 50 20 JBR 67 82 65 81 / 50 50 30 10 TUP 71 85 67 84 / 50 70 60 30 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 643 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>092-070145- 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- 643 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 ACROSS EAST AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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... PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...OR TORNADOES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE VIA OUR SPOTTER HOTLINE...NWS MEMPHIS WEBSITE...OR OUR FACEBOOK-NWS CHAT PAGES. JLH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 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.
&&
CJCLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
653 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG WALDENBURG 35.56N 90.93W
06/05/2013 POINSETT AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERE WINDS DOWNED A POWERLINE...SEVERAL BILLBOARD...AND
SEVERAL BUSINESS SIGNS.
&&
JLHLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
657 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG WALDENBURG 35.56N 90.93W
06/05/2013 POINSETT AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERE WINDS DOWNED A POWERLINE...SEVERAL BILLBOARD...AND
SEVERAL BUSINESS SIGNS. ROOFS ALSO REPORTED OFF OF
WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.
&&
JLHLocal storm report, Jun 5, 7:22 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
722 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG WALDENBURG 35.56N 90.93W
06/05/2013 POINSETT AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERE WINDS DOWNED A POWERLINE...SEVERAL BILLBOARD...AND
SEVERAL BUSINESS SIGNS. ROOFS ALSO REPORTED OFF OF
WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS. POWERPOLES SNAPPED NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHEAST OF WALDENBURG.
&&
JLHLocal storm report, Jun 5, 7:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
744 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0738 PM HAIL 1 N JERICHO 35.30N 90.23W
06/05/2013 M1.00 INCH CRITTENDEN AR TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 18 ALONG
INTERSTATE 55 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH OF JERICHO.
&&
JLHLocal storm report, Jun 5, 8:02 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
802 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG JERICHO 35.29N 90.23W
06/05/2013 CRITTENDEN AR TRAINED SPOTTER
A LARGE TREE DOWN ON AN AUTOMOBILE IN JERICHO...DUE TO
DAMAGING WINDS.
&&
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 15 min |
| Jun 5, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 116 min |
| Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 25 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.