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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 3:50 PM CST for Crittenden County, Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas; Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WFUS54 KMEG 202150 TORMEG ARC035-077-123-MSC143-202215- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0001.140220T2150Z-140220T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 350 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRICKEYS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUGHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HUGHES. 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 3508 9032 3489 9029 3475 9062 3488 9065 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 232DEG 37KT 3486 9056 $$
1 follow-up statement
837
WWUS54 KMEG 202204
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
404 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ARC077-MSC143-202213-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140220T2215Z/
TUNICA MS-LEE AR-
404 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHWESTERN TUNICA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 403 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3508 9032 3490 9029 3489 9030 3486 9041
3487 9041 3490 9041 3491 9043 3497 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 232DEG 37KT 3494 9043
$$
ARC035-123-202215-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140220T2215Z/
CRITTENDEN AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-
404 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
AT 403 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH HUGHES...OR
NEAR HUGHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEUHARDT...
KATE...CHATFIELD...BECK...SEYPPEL...BRUINS...PENJUR AND NORTH HUGHES.
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 3508 9032 3490 9029 3489 9030 3486 9041
3487 9041 3490 9041 3491 9043 3497 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 232DEG 37KT 3494 9043
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 3:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 24 min |
| Feb 20, 3:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 3:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 3:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 4:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 4:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and 1 more | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and 2 more | 49 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.