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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2020, 8:52 PM CDT for Craighead County, Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.
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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
872
WFUS54 KMEG 280152
TORMEG
ARC031-055-280215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0049.200828T0152Z-200828T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
852 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Greene County in eastern Arkansas...
Northwestern Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 852 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Bono, moving northwest at 35
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...
Jonesboro, Bono, Fontaine, Dorothy, Lanieve and Herman.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3588 9087 3592 9087 3593 9086 3596 9086
3598 9084 3599 9086 3602 9084 3604 9084
3605 9083 3608 9082 3589 9070 3581 9077
3588 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 146DEG 30KT 3588 9078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KRF1 follow-up statement
123
WWUS54 KMEG 280205
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
905 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
ARC031-055-280215-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200828T0215Z/
Greene AR-Craighead AR-
905 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...
At 905 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Fontaine, or near Bono, moving
northwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Jonesboro, Bono, Fontaine, Dorothy, Lanieve and Herman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3588 9087 3592 9087 3593 9086 3596 9086
3598 9084 3599 9086 3602 9084 3604 9084
3605 9083 3608 9082 3589 9070 3583 9075
3588 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 146DEG 30KT 3597 9086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KRFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Mississippi | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 23 min |
| Aug 28, 9:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Cross | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.