Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 5:56 PM CST for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 6:19 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clay County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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, 6:04 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Malden, MO | AT LEAST 20 STRUCTURES DAMAGED WITH INJURIES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 6:04 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Malden, MO | AT LEAST 20 STRUCTURES DAMAGED WITH INJURIES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
347
WFUS54 KMEG 242356
TORMEG
ARC021-MOC069-155-250045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0005.180224T2356Z-180225T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
556 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Clay County in eastern Arkansas...
Northwestern Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri...
Northeastern Dunklin County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 645 PM CST
* At 556 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Holcomb, or near Piggott, moving east 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...
Malden, Piggott, Portageville, Campbell, Chalk Bluff Natural Area,
Clarkton, Holcomb, St. Francis, Saint Francis, Glennonville,
Nimmons, Carryville, Rhyne, White Oak, Valley Ridge, Providence,
Wilhelmina, Brian, Baird and Frisbee.
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 3663 8996 3655 8995 3639 8997 3639 8975
3643 8973 3641 8968 3641 8961 3629 9016
3649 9023 3655 9020 3655 9019 3663 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 250DEG 48KT 3636 9010
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
656
WWUS54 KMEG 250012
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
612 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
ARC021-MOC069-155-250045-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180225T0045Z/
Clay AR-Pemiscot MO-Dunklin MO-
612 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN PEMISCOT AND NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN
COUNTIES...
At 611 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located near Gideon, crossing
I-55 near mile marker 34, or 8 miles west of Portageville, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Malden, Piggott, Portageville, Campbell, Chalk Bluff Natural Area,
Clarkton, Holcomb, St. Francis, Saint Francis, Glennonville, Nimmons,
Carryville, Rhyne, White Oak, Valley Ridge, Providence, Wilhelmina,
Brian, Baird and Frisbee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
storm shelter or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3663 8996 3655 8995 3639 8997 3639 8975
3643 8973 3641 8968 3641 8961 3629 9016
3649 9023 3655 9020 3655 9019 3663 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 250DEG 48KT 3643 8986
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$798
WWUS54 KMEG 250019
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
619 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
ARC021-MOC069-155-250029-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180225T0045Z/
Clay AR-Pemiscot MO-Dunklin MO-
619 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN PEMISCOT
AND NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for eastern
Arkansas...and southeastern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3663 8996 3655 8995 3639 8997 3639 8975
3643 8973 3641 8968 3641 8961 3629 9016
3649 9023 3655 9020 3655 9019 3663 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 250DEG 48KT 3647 8973
$$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 | Dunklin | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 48 min |
| 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, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 10 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 |
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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.