Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014

Tornado Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN

October 2, 2014Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2014, 9:48 PM CDT for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 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: Oct 2, 2014, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 2, 9:57 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Greenfield, AR	WIDESPREAD TREES UPROOTED AND ROOF DAMAGE. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
Oct 2, 10:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Se Jonesboro, AR	POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN NEAR US HIGHWAY 63 AND NESTLE ROAD.
Oct 2, 10:09 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Lake City, AR	POSSIBLE TORNADO SPOTTED SOUTH OF LAKE CITY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.
Oct 2, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Lake City, AR	SEMI TRUCK FULL OF CHICKEN PARTS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 18 AND HIGHWAY 69.
Oct 2, 10:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Se Jonesboro, AR	POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN NEAR US HIGHWAY 63 AND NESTLE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 2, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 2607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 13.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

764 
WFUS54 KMEG 030248
TORMEG
ARC031-111-030315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0055.141003T0248Z-141003T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
948 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GREENFIELD...OR 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...
  BROOKLAND...JONESBORO AND LAKE CITY.

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.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3596 9059 3586 9036 3558 9074 3572 9089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 228DEG 34KT 3571 9073

$$
JPM3

1 follow-up statement

318 
WWUS54 KMEG 030306
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1006 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

ARC031-111-030316-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-141003T0315Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR-
1006 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL POINSETT AND CENTRAL
CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...

AT 1006 PM 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.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

LAT...LON 3596 9059 3586 9036 3558 9074 3572 9089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 228DEG 34KT 3583 9056

$$

JPM3

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis	40 min
Oct 2, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett	37 min
Oct 2, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more	36 min
Oct 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	44 min
Oct 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	50 min
Oct 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	47 min
Oct 2, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	44 min
Oct 2, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	43 min
Oct 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	40 min
Oct 2, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	35 min
Oct 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	46 min
Oct 2, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	41 min
Oct 2, 10:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	31 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Every tornado warning in 2014 Tornadoes in 2014

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.