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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:40 PM CDT for Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Colt, AR | PING PONG SIZE HAIL ON HWY 284. |
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KMEG 140040
TORMEG
ARC037-123-140130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.160314T0040Z-160314T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
740 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF HUNTER...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BRINKLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
FAIR OAKS AROUND 810 PM CDT.
WYNNE AROUND 825 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MC
ELROY...FOUR GUMS...ELLIS CHAPEL...BRUSHY LAKE...ROSENBAUM...
HYDRICK...TILTON...HAWKINS...FITZGERALD CROSSING AND L'ANGVILLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9105 3535 9104 3544 9094
3517 9068 3494 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 226DEG 31KT 3502 9126
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
565
WWUS54 KMEG 140058
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
758 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC037-123-140130-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160314T0130Z/
CROSS AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-
758 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CROSS AND NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES...
AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HUNTER...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAIR OAKS AROUND 810 PM CDT.
WYNNE AROUND 825 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MC
ELROY...FOUR GUMS...ELLIS CHAPEL...BRUSHY LAKE...ROSENBAUM...
HYDRICK...TILTON...HAWKINS...FITZGERALD CROSSING AND L'ANGVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9105 3535 9104 3544 9094
3517 9068 3494 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 226DEG 31KT 3514 9111
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 40 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.