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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2021, 4:26 PM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 5, 2021, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
160
WUUS54 KMEG 052126
SVRMEG
ARC077-107-052200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0184.211005T2126Z-211005T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
426 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
North central Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 425 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lexa, or 7
miles southeast of Marianna, moving southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Marvell, Lexa, Rondo, Lagrange, Jeffersonville, Poplar Grove,
Haleside, Big Creek Corner, Barton, Wycamp, Latour, Kindall,
Phillips Bayou, Turkey Scratch, Vineyard, Spring Creek, Cypress
Corner and Delta Heritage Trails State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 9105 3475 9068 3466 9061 3447 9078
3464 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 067DEG 18KT 3467 9070
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
MJH1 follow-up statement
311
WWUS54 KMEG 052151
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
451 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021
ARC077-107-052200-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-211005T2200Z/
Lee AR-Phillips AR-
451 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND NORTH
CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Memphis.
LAT...LON 3465 9105 3475 9068 3466 9061 3447 9078
3464 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 067DEG 18KT 3462 9083
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 58 min |
| Oct 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 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.