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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 8:59 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 8:59 PM CST (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 9:15 PM CST | TORNADO | Trumann, AR | MULTIPLE BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN TRUMANN. |
| Dec 10, 9:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Hickory Ridge, AR | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
895
WFUS54 KMEG 110259
TORMEG
ARC031-035-037-111-110330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0068.211211T0259Z-211211T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
859 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
Northwestern Crittenden County in eastern Arkansas...
Northern Cross County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 930 PM CST.
* At 859 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Hickory Ridge, or 12 miles southwest of Harrisburg,
moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Cherry Valley around 905 PM CST.
Harrisburg around 910 PM CST.
Marked Tree around 925 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Payneway, Wiley Crossing, Birdeye, Tulot, Supply, Weona Junction,
Weona, Hatchie Coon, Stewart and Dub.
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 3556 9104 3578 9039 3539 9034 3533 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 251DEG 54KT 3546 9090
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
MJ1 follow-up statement
537
WWUS54 KMEG 110327
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
927 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
ARC031-035-037-111-110336-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-211211T0330Z/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Crittenden AR-Cross AR-
927 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...POINSETT...
NORTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN AND NORTHERN CROSS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CST...
The tornadic thunderstorm continues across Poinsett and Craighead
Counties. A new Tornado Warning has been issued to replace this
warning.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for eastern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3556 9104 3578 9039 3539 9034 3533 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 251DEG 54KT 3558 9046
$$
MJThe 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, 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.