Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 4:20 PM CDT for Cross County, Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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
- May 9, 2021, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 4:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palestine, AR | ROOF OFF HOUSE. POWER POLES AND BARN BLOWN IN. |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne New Salem, AR | A BRIEF TORNADO DAMAGED A BARN AND STORAGE BUILDING. A HOME SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
664
WUUS54 KMEG 092120
SVRMEG
ARC037-077-123-092200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0135.210509T2120Z-210509T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
420 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
St. Francis County in eastern Arkansas...
Southern Cross County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 419 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hunter, or 12
miles north of Brinkley, moving southeast 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...
Forrest City, Marianna, Madison, Palestine, Village Creek State
Park, Caldwell, Colt, Wheatley, Widener, Moro, Rondo, Aubrey,
Haynes, Garret Grove, Brickeys, New Salem, New Home, Lagrange, Cody
and Cottonwood Corner.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9104 3521 9104 3517 9050
3514 9050 3514 9046 3479 9055 3474 9055
3474 9057 3470 9056 3467 9059 3464 9059
3464 9074 3472 9105 3473 9105 3474 9110
3487 9110 3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 302DEG 20KT 3507 9123
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SWB1 follow-up statement
468
WWUS54 KMEG 092152
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
452 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
ARC037-077-123-092202-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-210509T2200Z/
Lee AR-St. Francis AR-Cross AR-
452 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEE...ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTHERN
CROSS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9104 3521 9104 3517 9050
3514 9050 3514 9046 3479 9055 3474 9055
3474 9057 3470 9056 3467 9059 3464 9059
3464 9074 3472 9105 3473 9105 3474 9110
3487 9110 3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 302DEG 20KT 3498 9105
$$
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, 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, 4:28 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.