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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Memphis, TN

June 8, 2024Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2024, 11:14 PM CDT for Clay County, Greene County, 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
Jun 8, 2024, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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
Jun 8, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 305 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 2024-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2715 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1058 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

ARZ009-018-090430-
Greene AR-Clay AR-
1058 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN
CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM CDT...

At 1057 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Doniphan, moving southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Corning, Reyno, Knobel, Success, Peach Orchard, Delaplaine, Datto,
Heelstring, Stonewall, Tipperary, Case, Brookings, Knob, Twin Oaks,
and Palatka.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9058 3628 9038 3616 9080 3618 9081
      3629 9081 3630 9079 3628 9078 3628 9075
      3641 9075 3641 9077 3642 9076 3643 9078
      3643 9077 3644 9078 3649 9077 3650 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 314DEG 37KT 3653 9086

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion44 min
Jun 9, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more45 min
Jun 9, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette, Haywood, Madison26 min
Jun 9, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley47 min
Jun 9, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHaywood, Henderson, Madison47 min
Jun 9, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry50 min
Jun 9, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester, Decatur, Henderson31 min
Jun 9, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur, Hardin, McNairy33 min
Jun 9, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale32 min
Jun 9, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola26 min
Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc50 min
Jun 9, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette26 min
Jun 9, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba23 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee31 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe36 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPontotoc30 min
Jun 9, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc20 min
Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe37 min
Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLee, Pontotoc3 hr
Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw24 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay32 min
Jun 8, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi50 min
Jun 9, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett29 min
Jun 9, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay, Greene37 min
Jun 9, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi29 min
Jun 9, 9:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene25 min
Jun 9, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene28 min
Jun 9, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.