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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 3:39 PM CDT for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
- May 9, 2021, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Caraway, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
201
WUUS54 KMEG 092039
SVRMEG
ARC031-093-111-092115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0130.210509T2039Z-210509T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
339 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Northeastern Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
West central Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 339 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake City,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jonesboro, Lake City, Bay, Caraway, Keiser, Dell, Marie, Little
River, Etowah, Black Oak, Victoria, Three Way, West Ridge,
Eastview, Lennie, Vail, Big Lake, Gum Point, Mandalay and
Bondsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3572 9061 3587 9053 3585 9003 3559 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 280DEG 20KT 3579 9048
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SWB1 follow-up statement
330
WWUS54 KMEG 092102
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
402 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
ARC031-093-111-092115-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-210509T2115Z/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Mississippi AR-
402 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...NORTHEASTERN POINSETT AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...
At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Caraway, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Caraway, Keiser, Marie, Little River, Etowah, Black Oak, Victoria,
Three Way, West Ridge, Eastview, Lennie, Vail, Big Lake, Mandalay,
Bondsville, Lowden, Hilton, Red Line, Bunney and Shippen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3586 9036 3585 9003 3559 9009 3568 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 280DEG 20KT 3577 9032
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Greene | 32 min |
| May 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 25 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 28 min |
| May 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 35 min |
| May 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 29 min |
| May 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 28 min |
| May 9, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 32 min |
| May 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 24 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.