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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2020, 6:25 PM CDT for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 19 min. 3 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
- Aug 27, 2020, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2020, 6:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Forrest City, AR | TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 70 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORREST CITY. |
| Aug 27, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Colt, AR | DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES ALONG HIGHWAY 306 WEST OF COLT. TREE FELL ON PINE TREE BAPTIST CHURCH. |
| Aug 27, 6:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Colt, AR | REPORT OF 2 TREES DOWN NEAR THE PINE TREE COMMUNITY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
777
WFUS54 KMEG 272325
TORMEG
ARC077-123-280000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0039.200827T2325Z-200828T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
625 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
Western St. Francis County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 624 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Haynes, or near Palestine,
moving north at 30 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...
Forrest City, Palestine, Caldwell, Colt, Haynes, Hawkins, Horton,
Rosenbaum, Bonair, Slonikers Mill, New Castle, Four Forks, Dodsons
Corner, Heustess 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 3515 9093 3515 9078 3489 9073 3485 9087
3510 9105 3512 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 161DEG 26KT 3494 9082
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SGW2 follow-up statements
810
WWUS54 KMEG 272338
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
638 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
ARC077-272347-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-200828T0000Z/
Lee AR-
638 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for eastern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3515 9093 3515 9078 3497 9076 3492 9092
3510 9105 3512 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 161DEG 26KT 3503 9086
$$
ARC123-280000-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-200828T0000Z/
St. Francis AR-
638 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY...
At 637 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Caldwell, or near Forrest City,
moving north at 30 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...
Forrest City, Palestine, Caldwell, Colt, Hawkins, Dodsons Corner,
Horton, Rosenbaum, Slonikers Mill, New Castle 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 3515 9093 3515 9078 3497 9076 3492 9092
3510 9105 3512 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 161DEG 26KT 3503 9086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SGW818
WWUS54 KMEG 272344
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
644 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
ARC123-272354-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-200828T0000Z/
St. Francis AR-
644 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for eastern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3515 9093 3515 9078 3497 9076 3492 9092
3510 9105 3512 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 161DEG 26KT 3508 9088
$$
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, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| 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, 6:46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.