Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2012, 5:10 PM CDT for Haywood County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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 13, 2012, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
485
WUUS54 KMEG 132210
SVRMEG
TNC075-097-132300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0367.120813T2210Z-120813T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
510 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIPLEY...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIPLEY.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR CHISHOLM LAKE.
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 3582 8935 3581 8935 3580 8935 3578 8931
3556 8943 3572 8977 3590 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 295DEG 12KT 3578 8958
$$2 follow-up statements
359 WWUS54 KMEG 132241 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 541 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 TNC075-097-132300- /O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-120813T2300Z/ HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN- 541 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES... AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OPOSSUM...OR NEAR RIPLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HENNING... RIPLEY...OPOSSUM...GLIMP...DURHAMVILLE...ORYSA...THREE POINT... TURNPIKE...TOULON AND EDWARD GROVE. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR CHISHOLM LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA. && LAT...LON 3579 8956 3574 8935 3556 8943 3570 8972 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 307DEG 15KT 3568 8955 $$
832 WWUS54 KMEG 132255 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 555 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 TNC075-097-132306- /O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-120813T2300Z/ HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN- 555 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT... AT 556 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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3579 8956 3574 8935 3556 8943 3570 8972 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 307DEG 15KT 3564 8949 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henderson | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 45 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.