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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 2017, 5:29 PM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2017, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
920
WFUS54 KMEG 032229
TORMEG
ARC077-107-032300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0071.171103T2229Z-171103T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
529 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
Northeastern Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT
* At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located over Marvell, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Lexa and Rondo around 600 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Latour, Kindall, Poplar Grove, Turkey Scratch, Vineyard, Kingtown,
Spring Creek, Trenton, Barton and Wycamp.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is producing tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado. For
your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 9094 3459 9099 3471 9082 3452 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 240DEG 15KT 3454 9092
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
406
WWUS54 KMEG 032245
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
545 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
ARC077-032255-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-171103T2300Z/
Lee AR-
545 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3448 9094 3459 9091 3464 9088 3464 9076
3452 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 240DEG 15KT 3457 9085
$$
ARC107-032300-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-171103T2300Z/
Phillips AR-
545 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...
At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
near Marvell, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Lexa around 600 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Latour, Kindall, Poplar Grove, Kingtown, Spring Creek, Trenton,
Barton and Wycamp.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is producing tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado. For
your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 9094 3459 9091 3464 9088 3464 9076
3452 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 240DEG 15KT 3457 9085
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$212
WWUS54 KMEG 032256
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
556 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
ARC107-032305-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-171103T2300Z/
Phillips AR-
556 PM CDT FRI NOV 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
will be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northeast Phillips County.
LAT...LON 3448 9094 3459 9091 3464 9088 3464 9076
3452 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 240DEG 15KT 3459 9081
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 39 min |
| Nov 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 51 min |
| Nov 3, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 51 min |
| Nov 3, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 27 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.