Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | Marvell, AR | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT TORNADO AT INTERSECTION OF US HWY 49 AND ARKANSAS HWY 1 IN WEST SECTION OF MARVELL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
439
WFUS54 KMEG 140035
TORMEG
ARC077-107-140115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0003.160314T0035Z-160314T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
735 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. CHARLES...OR 17 MILES EAST OF
STUTTGART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATKINS CORNER AROUND 810 PM CDT.
MARVELL AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GOBELL...VINEYARD...SPRING CREEK...KINDALL...BIG CREEK CORNER...
POPLAR GROVE...KINGTOWN...CYPERT...TURKEY SCRATCH AND BARTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 9105 3477 9087 3454 9070 3442 9100
3447 9100 3447 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 238DEG 26KT 3442 9125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
951
WWUS54 KMEG 140045
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
745 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC077-107-140115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T0115Z/
LEE AR-PHILLIPS AR-
745 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
AT 744 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. CHARLES...OR
16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARVELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WATKINS CORNER AROUND 805 PM CDT.
MARVELL AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GOBELL...VINEYARD...SPRING CREEK...KINDALL...BIG CREEK CORNER...
POPLAR GROVE...KINGTOWN...CYPERT...TURKEY SCRATCH AND BARTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 9105 3477 9087 3454 9070 3442 9100
3447 9100 3447 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 238DEG 26KT 3446 9118
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 19 min |
| Mar 13, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.