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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 2016Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 10:09 AM CDT for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: Mar 31, 2016, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 31, 10:32 AM CDT	HAIL 1	W Jonesboro, AR	1 INCH HAIL IN WEST JONESBORO.
Mar 31, 10:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jonesboro, AR	HIGH WINDS TOOK LARGE CHUNKS OF SIDING OFF A DOWNTOWN JONESBORO BUILDING.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

449 
WUUS54 KMEG 311509
SVRMEG
ARC031-111-311600-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.160331T1509Z-160331T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1009 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1008 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRUBBS...OR
  NEAR NEWPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
  JONESBORO...TRUMANN...LAKE CITY...BAY...BROOKLAND...MONETTE...
  CARAWAY...WEINER...CASH...WALDENBURG...GREENFIELD...BLACK OAK...
  HERMAN...HERNDON...SANDY...GOOBERTOWN...PITTS...DRYDEN...OTWELL AND
  POPLAR RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 9104 3597 9065 3597 9039 3581 9028
      3573 9029 3550 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 237DEG 50KT 3561 9113 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

614 
WWUS54 KMEG 311541
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1041 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ARC031-111-311600-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160331T1600Z/
CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR-
1041 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR CRAIGHEAD AND NORTH CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTIES...

AT 1041 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JONESBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JONESBORO...TRUMANN...LAKE CITY...BAY...BROOKLAND...MONETTE...
CARAWAY...GREENFIELD...BLACK OAK...HERMAN...SANDY...GOOBERTOWN...
POPLAR RIDGE...LESTER...CARY...MANGRUM...SOUTHLAND...LUNSFORD...
VALLEY VIEW AND BUNNEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3586 9081 3597 9065 3597 9039 3581 9028
      3573 9029 3557 9084
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 239DEG 50KT 3582 9063 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 30, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	39 min
Mar 30, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	49 min
Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	6 hr
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	3 hr
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph	3 hr
Mar 30, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	3 hr
Mar 30, 10:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi	3 hr
Mar 30, 11:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	3 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph	3 hr
Mar 30, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph	3 hr
Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee	3 hr
Mar 31, 1:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph	4 hr
Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	3 hr
Mar 31, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	3 hr
Mar 31, 2:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 31, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr
Mar 31, 2:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	3 hr
Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden	3 hr
Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee	64 min
Mar 31, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	56 min
Mar 31, 5:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Lawrence, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	69 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	4 days
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	3 days
Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 31, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	51 min
Mar 31, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	42 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	3 hr
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	33 min
Mar 31, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	46 min
Mar 31, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
Mar 31, 11:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	45 min
Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	50 min
Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	48 min
Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	40 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	35 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	40 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	51 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden, Lee	38 min
Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	46 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee	42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	41 min
Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	51 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.