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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 3:55 PM CDT for Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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
- May 9, 2021, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
058
WUUS54 KMEG 092055
SVRMEG
ARC037-111-092130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0132.210509T2055Z-210509T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
355 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
Northern Cross County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 354 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Algoa, or 13
miles southeast of Newport, moving east at 20 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...
Harrisburg, Cherry Valley, Hickory Ridge, Waldenburg, Fisher, Wiley
Crossing, Birdeye, Landers, Pittinger, Supply, Weona Junction,
Weona, Stewart, Mersman, Bay Village, Whitaker and Lake Poinsett
State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3561 9104 3558 9057 3532 9063 3542 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 281DEG 19KT 3552 9103
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SWB1 follow-up statement
721
WWUS54 KMEG 092121 RRA
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
421 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
ARC037-111-092131-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-210509T2130Z/
Poinsett AR-Cross AR-
421 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN POINSETT AND
NORTHERN CROSS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3561 9104 3558 9057 3532 9063 3542 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 281DEG 19KT 3549 9087
$$
SWBThe 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, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.