Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2012, 4:24 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2012, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211
WUUS54 KMEG 012124
SVRMEG
TNC071-012145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0352.120801T2124Z-120801T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
424 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT GROVE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.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 3500 8799 3500 8809 3500 8817 3506 8818
3507 8798 3501 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 275DEG 20KT 3500 8804
$$1 follow-up statement
444
WWUS54 KMEG 012133
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
433 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
TNC071-012143-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0352.000000T0000Z-120801T2145Z/
HARDIN TN-
433 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 433 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3500 8799 3500 8809 3500 8817 3506 8818
3507 8798 3501 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 275DEG 20KT 3500 8799
$$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 Aug 1, 4:11 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:11 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
.DISCUSSION...
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS HAS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE INTO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE
STORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG AN OLD CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM
LAST NIGHTS STORMS THAT OCCURRED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO WORK ON A STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS
REPRESENTED BY MLCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG. THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA LATER
THIS EVENING. ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN UPSTREAM TOWARDS NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT AS ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP
OVER MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE MID SOUTH WILL REMAIN POSITIONED ALONG THE EASTERN PERIPHERY
OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A
SERIES OF MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
THE FIRST OF SUCH SHORTWAVES IS CURRENTLY EVIDENT ACROSS WESTERN
MISSOURI ALONG WITH AN ASSOCIATED MCV (MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
VORTEX). MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A LOW LEVEL JET WILL
STRENGTHEN LATER TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND NOSE INTO A
STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED
LATER THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHICH SHOULD DROP
SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS CLUSTER WILL DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN
AREAS DURING THURSDAY MORNING BUT NEW CONVECTION MAY INITIATE
DURING PEAK HEATING AGAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION ALONG
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAT
INDEX VALUES AGAIN REACHING OR EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES IN MOST
AREAS. THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY.
ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ON
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD AGAIN GENERATE ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN UNSTABLE
SO A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
THE THIRD MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE SHOULD APPROACH ON SUNDAY AND
FORCE A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN...SCATTERED
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WITH A SEVERE POTENTIAL CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE FRONT SHOULD DROP INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE
WEST. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO AGAIN HEAT UP FOR THE END OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST
PERIOD.
JLH
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF SET
SHRAS CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA. THE SHRAS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTURBANCE. BOTH THE HRRR AND NAM SHOW THAT
ACTIVITY MAY BLOSSOM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THE
DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. AN ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN KANSAS MAY ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER
TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE BY 12Z. THIS GIVES AT LEAST KJBR
AND POSSIBLY KMEM MULTIPLE CHANCES OF SEEING A SHRA/TSRA.
PINPOINTING TIMING TOO HARD AT THIS POINT. WILL HAVE TEMPO GOING
AT ONSET OF TAFS FOR WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON THEREAFTER WILL
JUST USE VICINITY WORDING. SOME PATCHY FOG MAY ALSO DEVELOP AT
KMKL OVERNIGHT.
KRM
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 78 96 77 96 / 20 30 30 40
MKL 74 97 75 93 / 30 20 30 50
JBR 74 95 74 96 / 30 30 40 40
TUP 73 98 74 94 / 80 20 20 40
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:51 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 351 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-022300- 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- 351 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 105 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. PLEASE REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. JLH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
350 PM CDT WED AUG 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0223 PM HAIL RIPLEY 34.73N 88.94W
08/01/2012 E0.50 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH
THUNDERSTORMS.
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG W SALTILLO 34.38N 88.69W
08/01/2012 LEE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN JUST WEST OF SALTILLO.
&&
MRMSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 4:17 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 417 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 MSZ013-015-022-012145- PONTOTOC MS-LAFAYETTE MS-CALHOUN MS- 417 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR... NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAILWAS LOCATED OVER TULA AT 417 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...LAFAYETTE AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3419 8943 3428 8934 3412 8906 3399 8926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 317DEG 12KT 3420 8934
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:18 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
418 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
MSZ006-009-017-012145-
TISHOMINGO MS-PRENTISS MS-ITAWAMBA MS-
418 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4
MILES EAST OF SANDY SPRINGS AT 418 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA...PRENTISS AND TISHOMINGO COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES BAY
SPRINGS LAKE.
&&
LAT...LON 3431 8816 3423 8818 3422 8819 3443 8849
3457 8834 3451 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 317DEG 12KT 3445 8831Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
424 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
MSZ022-012200-
CALHOUN MS-
424 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS TO 55 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL
WAS LOCATED OVER BRUCE AT 424 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN CALHOUN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3387 8947 3410 8942 3401 8923 3381 8918
3376 8920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 292DEG 15KT 3400 8934The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 31 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.