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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Crittenden County, Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 6:03 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sw Hughes, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 334 AND US-79. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
933
WFUS54 KMEG 152256
TORMEG
ARC035-077-123-MSC033-143-152330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0057.211015T2256Z-211015T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
556 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lee County in eastern Arkansas...
Southeastern St. Francis County in eastern Arkansas...
South central Crittenden County in eastern Arkansas...
Southwestern DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Brickeys, or near Hughes, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Horseshoe Lake and Robinsonville around 610 PM CDT.
Lake Cormorant around 620 PM CDT.
Eudora around 625 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Newport, Gassett, Clack, Kokomo, Trinity, Commerce, Mud Lake, Peters,
Council and West Days.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 9057 3493 9009 3476 9013 3476 9017
3475 9017 3472 9020 3472 9022 3481 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 278DEG 39KT 3486 9051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SWB1 follow-up statement
669
WWUS54 KMEG 152314
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
614 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
ARC035-077-123-MSC033-143-152323-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-211015T2330Z/
Lee AR-St. Francis AR-Crittenden AR-DeSoto MS-Tunica MS-
614 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE...SOUTHEASTERN ST.
FRANCIS...SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN...SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO AND NORTHERN
TUNICA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi. A Severe
Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3494 9057 3493 9009 3476 9013 3476 9017
3475 9017 3472 9020 3472 9022 3481 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 278DEG 39KT 3483 9028
$$
SWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 18 min |
| Oct 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 34 min |
| Oct 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 18 min |
| Oct 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 35 min |
| Oct 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 48 min |
| Oct 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 23 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.