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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Memphis, TN

October 15, 2022Crittenden County, Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2022, 9:07 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2022, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 336 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 2:55 PM CDTFreeze WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more42 hr
Oct 15, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton52 min
Oct 15, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton21 min
Oct 16, 3:34 AM CDTFreeze WatchMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more11 hr
Oct 15, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Cross, Poinsett52 min
Oct 15, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGCraighead, Poinsett44 min
Oct 15, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead42 min
Oct 15, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead44 min
Oct 15, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett46 min
Oct 15, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene42 min

Nearby

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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.