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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Memphis, TN

November 5, 20224 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2022, 12:29 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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
Nov 5, 2022, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2022, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 4, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2022-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2022-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCoahoma, Tunica37 min
Nov 5, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate43 min
Nov 5, 3:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Marshall40 min
Nov 5, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton46 min
Nov 5, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead, Poinsett48 min
Nov 5, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis38 min
Nov 5, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden, Mississippi40 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.