Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
- Mar 31, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Iuka, MS | PENNY SIZE HAIL AT BROOKS GROCERIES |
| Mar 31, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Iuka, MS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT PIZZA HUT IN IUKA. |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Midway, MS | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MIDWAY. |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ene Tishomingo State, MS | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE VALLEY GROVE AREA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453
WUUS54 KMEG 312209
SVRMEG
MSC141-312300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0113.120331T2209Z-120331T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
509 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR IUKA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IUKA AND
TISHOMINGO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
.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 3474 8811 3447 8815 3447 8816 3482 8831
3489 8811 3487 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 338DEG 23KT 3477 8816
$$1 follow-up statement
223
WWUS54 KMEG 312237
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
537 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
MSC141-312300-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120331T2300Z/
TISHOMINGO MS-
537 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTER BRANCH...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF TISHOMINGO
STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN IUKA AT 525 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IUKA...BACON
SPRINGS...HAZARD SWITCH...BLYTHE CROSSING...OLDHAM...CARTER BRANCH...
PETERTOWN...MINGO...BLOODY SPRINGS AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT
AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3474 8811 3447 8815 3447 8816 3482 8831
3489 8811 3487 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 338DEG 23KT 3468 8816
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.