Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 12:02 AM CST for Crittenden County, Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Dec 11, 2021, 12:02 AM CST (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.8
- Supercell composite
- 16.2
The text
As transmitted.
192
WUUS54 KMEG 110602
SVRMEG
ARC035-077-123-110645-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0206.211211T0602Z-211211T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1202 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
Eastern St. Francis County in eastern Arkansas...
Southwestern Crittenden County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 1245 AM CST.
* At 1201 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brickeys, or
8 miles northeast of Marianna, moving northeast at 85 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
West Memphis, Forrest City, Marion, Marianna, Hughes, Madison,
Crawfordsville, Edmondson, Horseshoe Lake, Widener, Anthonyville,
Haynes, Jennette, Simsboro, Brickeys, Pinckney, New Home,
Crittenden, Cody and Browns.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for eastern
Arkansas. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM CST for
eastern Arkansas...northwestern Mississippi...and western Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for eastern
Arkansas. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM CST for
eastern Arkansas...northwestern Mississippi...and western Tennessee.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 9053 3514 9050 3516 9050 3530 9027
3504 9026 3504 9030 3500 9031 3496 9026
3491 9026 3483 9042 3488 9044 3489 9048
3486 9048 3482 9046 3479 9051 3480 9054
3478 9055 3467 9077 3492 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 232DEG 75KT 3488 9067
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMW2 follow-up statements
641
WWUS54 KMEG 110628
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1228 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
ARC035-077-123-110645-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-211211T0645Z/
Lee AR-St. Francis AR-Crittenden AR-
1228 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CST
FOR EASTERN LEE...SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
At 1228 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sunset, or
near Marion, moving northeast at 85 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
West Memphis, Marion, Marianna, Hughes, Edmondson, Horseshoe Lake,
Anthonyville, Pinckney, Simsboro, Brickeys, Crittenden,
Jeffersonville, Cody, Kokomo, Kate, Browns, Louise, Mud Lake, Brice
and Soudan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for eastern
Arkansas...northwestern Mississippi...and western Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 9026 3504 9030 3500 9031 3496 9026
3491 9026 3483 9042 3488 9044 3489 9048
3486 9048 3482 9046 3479 9051 3480 9054
3478 9055 3467 9077 3484 9085 3503 9052
3520 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 232DEG 75KT 3523 9013
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMW004
WWUS54 KMEG 110635
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1235 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
ARC035-077-123-110645-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-211211T0645Z/
Lee AR-St. Francis AR-Crittenden AR-
1235 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CST
FOR EASTERN LEE...SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...
At 1235 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walls, or near
T O Fuller State Park, moving northeast at 60 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...
West Memphis, Marion, Marianna, Hughes, Edmondson, Horseshoe Lake,
Anthonyville, Pinckney, Simsboro, Brickeys, Crittenden,
Jeffersonville, Cody, Kokomo, Kate, Browns, Louise, Mud Lake, Brice
and Soudan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for eastern
Arkansas...northwestern Mississippi...and western Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 9026 3504 9030 3500 9031 3496 9026
3491 9026 3483 9042 3488 9044 3489 9048
3486 9048 3482 9046 3479 9051 3480 9054
3478 9055 3467 9077 3484 9085 3503 9052
3520 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 238DEG 53KT 3501 9018
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 7:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Dec 10, 9:39 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 44 min |
| Dec 10, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Dec 10, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 15 min |
| Dec 10, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 9 min |
| Dec 10, 11:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 30 min |
| Dec 11, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Dec 11, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 1:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 2:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 6:56 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 5 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.