Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2020, 4:17 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 27, 2020, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2020, 4:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
202
WFUS54 KMEG 272117
TORMEG
ARC107-272200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0033.200827T2117Z-200827T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
417 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 417 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Crumrod, or near White River
National Wildlife Refuge, moving north at 60 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...
White River National Wildlife Refuge, Crumrod, Lundell, Mosby Spur
and Ferguson.
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 3414 9108 3419 9109 3422 9106 3425 9108
3425 9106 3428 9108 3430 9107 3429 9106
3433 9106 3434 9105 3434 9100 3443 9100
3414 9095 3412 9096 3412 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 163DEG 51KT 3411 9107
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SGW2 follow-up statements
987
WWUS54 KMEG 272133
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
433 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
ARC107-272200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-200827T2200Z/
Phillips AR-
433 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...
At 433 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near St. Charles, or 7 miles
northwest of White River National Wildlife Refuge, moving north at 60
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
White River National Wildlife Refuge, Crumrod, Lundell, Mosby Spur
and Ferguson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3414 9108 3419 9109 3422 9106 3425 9108
3425 9106 3428 9108 3430 9107 3429 9106
3433 9106 3434 9105 3434 9100 3443 9100
3414 9095 3412 9096 3412 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 163DEG 51KT 3430 9114
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SGW007
WWUS54 KMEG 272142
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
442 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
ARC107-272152-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-200827T2200Z/
Phillips AR-
442 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for eastern
Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3414 9108 3419 9109 3422 9106 3425 9108
3425 9106 3428 9108 3430 9107 3429 9106
3433 9106 3434 9105 3434 9100 3443 9100
3414 9095 3412 9096 3412 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 163DEG 51KT 3441 9118
$$
SGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 1:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 51 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 37 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 11 min |
| Aug 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 8 min |
| Aug 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 19 min |
| Aug 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 17 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.