-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tornado Warning TORNADO WARNING ARC035-123-TNC157-060345- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0060.080206T0317Z-080206T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 917 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... EASTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 917 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WIDENER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES EAST OF FORREST CITY AT 905 PM CST. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HUGHES...SIMSBORO...JENNETTE...EDMONDSON...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION AND SUNSET. .IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3501 9012 3499 9025 3500 9030 3498 9031 3492 9065 3509 9071 3528 9010 TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 252DEG 55KT 3503 9056 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tornado Watch WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 908 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ARC031-035-037-077-093-107-111-123-MOC069-155-MSC003-009-013-017- 027-033-057-071-081-093-095-107-115-117-119-135-137-139-141-143- 145-161-TNC017-023-033-039-045-047-053-069-071-075-077-079-095- 097-109-113-131-157-167-183-060600- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.A.0037.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ TORNADO WATCH 37 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN EAST ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES DUNKLIN PEMISCOT IN WEST TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES CARROLL CHESTER CROCKETT DECATUR DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY LAKE LAUDERDALE MADISON MCNAIRY OBION SHELBY TIPTON WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARIS... SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WEST MEMPHIS AND WYNNE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short Term Forecast SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 829 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-060330- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...CORINTH... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...JACKSON...JONESBORO...KENNETT...MEMPHIS... OXFORD...TUPELO...WEST MEMPHIS 829 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 .NOW... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THROUGH 930 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE... CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...MAINLY OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. IN ADDITION...A STRONG SQUALL LINE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS INCLUDING THOSE STORMS WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN STRONGER STORMS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 751 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-060400- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 751 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH... THE MID SOUTH IS THE MIDST OF A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. ROTATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES IN THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA...JACKSON...NEAR OXFORD...AND MCNAIRY AND SAINT FRANCIS COUNTIES. THE MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE HICKORY RIDGE MALL. IN JACKSON...THERE ARE REPORTS OF COLLAPSED ROOFS IN TWO WOMEN/S DORMITORIES AT UNION UNIVERSITY WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED. SO FAR...THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE CONFIRMED INJURY REPORT NEAR OXFORD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT. WE ASK THAT ALL MID SOUTH EMERGENCY MANAGERS...MEDIA PARTNERS AND TRAINED SPOTTERS CONTACT US WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS OR PAST DAMAGE REPORTS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 428 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-070030- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 428 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. AREAS IN THE HIGH RISK ARE GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TENNESSEE TO OXFORD MISSISSIPPI. A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING CONTINUES TO GENERATE ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS SOME WHICH WILL BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. THE POTENTIAL WILL ALSO EXIST FOR STRONG TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND UNTIL 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN ADVANCE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wind Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 145 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-060600- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 145 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------