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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 5:29 PM CST for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 10 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 5:39 PM CST
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:40 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Trumann, AR | LIGHT POLES AND TREES DOWN IN THE TRUMANN AREA. TIME ADJUSTED BASED ON RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
120
WFUS54 KMEG 242329
TORMEG
ARC031-093-111-250015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.180224T2329Z-180225T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
529 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Central Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
Northwestern Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 615 PM CST
* At 529 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located over Harrisburg, moving northeast at 55 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Osceola, Trumann, Manila, Marked Tree, Harrisburg, Lake City,
Leachville, Lepanto, Bay, Caraway, Luxora, Keiser, Dyess, Dell,
Burdette, Little River, Etowah, Black Oak, Victoria and Jolliff
Store.
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 3600 9009 3574 8987 3576 8991 3573 8996
3568 8996 3545 9064 3545 9081 3559 9089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 240DEG 46KT 3554 9076
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
524
WWUS54 KMEG 242339 RRB
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
539 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
ARC031-093-111-242349-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180225T0015Z/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Mississippi AR-
539 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...CENTRAL POINSETT
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for eastern
Arkansas...southeastern Missouri...and southwestern Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3600 9009 3574 8987 3576 8991 3573 8996
3568 8996 3545 9064 3545 9081 3559 9089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 240DEG 46KT 3561 9062
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:26 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 5:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 23 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.