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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 6:07 PM CST for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 6:07 PM CST (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:44 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Nne Weiner, AR | TREES DOWN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. CONE TORNADO PASSED JUST NORTH OF WEINER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
166
WFUS54 KMEG 110007
TORMEG
ARC031-111-110045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0059.211211T0007Z-211211T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
607 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Western Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 645 PM CST.
* At 606 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Tupelo, or 9 miles north of Augusta, moving northeast
at 60 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...
Waldenburg around 630 PM CST.
Weiner around 635 PM CST.
Greenfield around 645 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Pitts,
Herman, Valley View, Landers, Pittinger, Dryden, Dorothy, Risher,
Winesburg and Fisher.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3577 9103 3588 9089 3588 9087 3590 9087
3593 9083 3558 9053 3544 9090 3544 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 233DEG 51KT 3541 9131
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SMW1 follow-up statement
833
WWUS54 KMEG 110021
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
621 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
ARC031-111-110045-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-211211T0045Z/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-
621 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR WESTERN
CRAIGHEAD AND WESTERN POINSETT COUNTIES...
At 620 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
near Algoa, or 9 miles south of Newport, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado, quarter size hail, and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Weiner and Waldenburg around 640 PM CST.
Cash around 650 PM CST.
Greenfield around 655 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Pitts,
Herman, Valley View, Landers, Pittinger, Dryden, Dorothy, Risher,
Winesburg and Fisher.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3577 9103 3588 9089 3588 9087 3590 9087
3593 9083 3558 9053 3544 9090 3544 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 231DEG 41KT 3550 9118
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
SMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 12:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.