Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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 15, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Greene County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Oak Grove Heights, AR |
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 (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1644 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
515
WUUS54 KMEG 152315
SVRMEG
ARC055-152345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0113.160615T2315Z-160615T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
615 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 615 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEECH
GROVE...OR NEAR CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARAGOULD...MARMADUKE...CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...OAK GROVE
HEIGHTS...LAFE...WALCOTT...BEECH GROVE...HALLIDAY...BERTIG...
BARD...STANFORD...GAINESVILLE...BRIGHTON...NOXBURN...COTTON BELT...
MOUNDS AND FINCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3620 9032 3620 9029 3610 9030 3609 9032
3607 9032 3607 9033 3605 9034 3604 9035
3602 9036 3599 9039 3597 9039 3602 9069
3620 9068 3623 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 273DEG 17KT 3611 9063
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
621
WWUS54 KMEG 152343
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
643 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ARC055-152353-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160615T2345Z/
GREENE AR-
643 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3620 9032 3620 9029 3610 9030 3609 9032
3607 9032 3607 9033 3605 9034 3604 9035
3602 9036 3599 9039 3597 9039 3602 9069
3620 9068 3623 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 273DEG 17KT 3611 9063
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:08 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 60 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.