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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Memphis, TN

December 23, 2015Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2015, 10:46 AM CST for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2015, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 11:15 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Clay County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 23, 9:13 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 23, 10:46 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:46 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 7:04 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
704 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-241515-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
704 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MID SOUTH TODAY INTO TONIGHT. TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH MAY
BECOME STRONG ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE TIME OF
GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 11 AM CST
AND 11 PM CST.

RESIDENTS OF THE MID SOUTH AND TRAVELERS COMING THROUGH THE AREA
FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ARE STRONGLY URGED TO REMAIN WEATHER
AWARE THROUGH TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY TAKE APPROPRIATE
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR LOCATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE MID SOUTH ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN BETWEEN SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE
WEATHER OPERATIONS.

CJC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 6:29 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
629 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-231700-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-BENTON(TN)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-
COAHOMA-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-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-
629 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
THROUGH TONIGHT...

RECORD WARMTH IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WITH HIGHS IN
THE 70S. A WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH
FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
AND COLD FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 AM CST AND 11 PM CST.

TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME STRONG ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT
REACH SEVERE LIMITS. RESIDENTS OF THE MID SOUTH AND TRAVELERS
COMING THROUGH THE AREA FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ARE STRONGLY URGED
TO REMAIN WEATHER AWARE THROUGH TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR
LOCATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOCIAL
MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MEMPHIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE PENDING SEVERE WEATHER.

CJC

Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:02 AM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1002 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

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

0930 AM     TSTM WND DMG     IMBODEN                 36.20N 91.18W
12/23/2015                   LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON MUDDY LANE.

&&

ZDM

Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:03 AM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1003 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

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

0950 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MAYNARD                 36.42N 90.90W
12/23/2015                   RANDOLPH           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN MAYNARD.

&&

ZDM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	36 min
Dec 23, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma	23 min
Dec 23, 3:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	47 min
Dec 23, 3:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Panola	40 min
Dec 23, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	49 min
Dec 23, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	52 min
Dec 23, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie	48 min
Dec 23, 4:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	43 min
Dec 23, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
Dec 23, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall	45 min
Dec 23, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	49 min
Dec 23, 4:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Lafayette, Yalobusha	46 min
Dec 23, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah, Union	41 min
Dec 23, 5:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	40 min
Dec 23, 5:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah, Union	51 min
Dec 23, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tippah, Union	41 min
Dec 23, 5:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss	40 min
Dec 22, 10:01 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	4 days
Dec 23, 11:46 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	4 days
Dec 23, 2:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	41 min
Dec 23, 2:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	3 hr
Dec 23, 2:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	25 min
Dec 23, 2:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	37 min
Dec 23, 3:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	24 min
Dec 23, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton	35 min
Dec 23, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Weakley	27 min
Dec 23, 4:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Weakley	24 min
Dec 23, 4:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	3 hr
Dec 23, 4:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	42 min
Dec 23, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Henry, Weakley	45 min
Dec 23, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry, Weakley	35 min
Dec 23, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	44 min
Dec 23, 5:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	3 hr
Dec 23, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	35 min
Dec 23, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	23 min
Dec 23, 9:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	31 min
Dec 23, 9:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	49 min
Dec 23, 11:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	28 min
Dec 23, 12:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	35 min
Dec 23, 12:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	24 min
Dec 23, 12:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	36 min
Dec 23, 12:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	46 min
Dec 23, 1:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	38 min
Dec 23, 1:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	57 min
Dec 23, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	38 min
Dec 23, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	33 min
Dec 23, 1:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Poinsett	47 min
Dec 23, 2:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	41 min
Dec 23, 2:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	13 min
Dec 23, 2:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	3 hr
Dec 23, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.