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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Memphis, TN

March 2, 20126 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 11 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 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 2, 5:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Woodland, MS	ROOFS OFF A TRAILER HOMES ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CITY LIMITS.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Trebloc, MS	TREES ON CARS AND CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. REPORT RELAYED FROM NWS JACKSON.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Trebloc, MS	TREES ON CARS AND CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. REPORT RELAYED FROM NWS JACKSON.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	S Houston, MS	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND AWNINGS ON TRAILORS RIPPED OFF.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Trebloc, MS	TREES ON CARS AND CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. REPORT RELAYED FROM NWS JACKSON.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	S Houston, MS	ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND.
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Houston, MS	2 FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED ON HIGHWAY 45 ALTERNATE.
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Houston, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN CHIKASAW COUNTY.
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST	TORNADO	1 S Egypt, MS	TORNADO APPEARED ON FRONT EDGE OF BOW APEX AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 45.
Mar 2, 5:47 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 Sw New Wren, MS	POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 2, 5:49 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Aberdeen, MS	POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. STRUCTUAL DAMAGE AT INTERSECTION OF EGYPT AND WHITEROCK ROADS.

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 2, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 11.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

751 
WUUS54 KMEG 022313
SVRMEG
MSC013-017-057-081-095-115-030000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0083.120302T2313Z-120303T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
513 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 513 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  DERMA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 70
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN...
  AMORY...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...VERONA AND TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

.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 3368 8837 3365 8850 3368 8851 3367 8872
      3381 8873 3381 8892 3375 8893 3373 8918
      3372 8920 3372 8931 3398 8936 3429 8849
      3370 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 252DEG 60KT 3375 8922

$$

3 follow-up statements

883 
WWUS54 KMEG 022329
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
529 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

MSC013-022339-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
CALHOUN MS-
529 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 529 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.

LAT...LON 3368 8837 3366 8848 3366 8850 3368 8851
      3367 8872 3380 8872 3381 8892 3375 8893
      3374 8916 3381 8915 3381 8913 3386 8914
      3400 8909 3429 8849 3370 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 252DEG 60KT 3383 8891

$$

MSC017-057-081-095-115-030000-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-CHICKASAW MS-
529 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR CHICKASAW...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA...SOUTHERN LEE...MONROE AND
SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 90 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
ANCHOR...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF HOUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN...
AMORY...HATLEY...HOUSTON...NETTLETON...OAKLAND...OKOLONA...
WOODLAND...RICHMOND...OLD UNION...DORSEY...BALLARDSVILLE...WREN AND
BIGBEE.

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 TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8837 3366 8848 3366 8850 3368 8851
      3367 8872 3380 8872 3381 8892 3375 8893
      3374 8916 3381 8915 3381 8913 3386 8914
      3400 8909 3429 8849 3370 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 252DEG 60KT 3383 8891

$$

792 
WWUS54 KMEG 022338
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
538 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

MSC115-022348-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
PONTOTOC MS-
538 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

AT 538 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.

LAT...LON 3368 8837 3366 8848 3366 8850 3368 8851
      3367 8872 3381 8873 3381 8892 3375 8893
      3375 8899 3401 8896 3407 8887 3407 8882
      3410 8882 3429 8850 3371 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 252DEG 60KT 3387 8874

$$

MSC017-057-081-095-030000-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
MONROE MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-CHICKASAW MS-
538 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR EASTERN CHICKASAW...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA...SOUTHERN LEE AND
MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BUENA VISTA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF OKOLONA...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN...
AMORY...HATLEY...NETTLETON...OKOLONA...RICHMOND...DORSEY...
BALLARDSVILLE...WREN...BIGBEE...BECKER...EAST ABERDEEN...MULDON AND
BINFORD.

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 TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8837 3366 8848 3366 8850 3368 8851
      3367 8872 3381 8873 3381 8892 3375 8893
      3375 8899 3401 8896 3407 8887 3407 8882
      3410 8882 3429 8850 3371 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 252DEG 60KT 3387 8874

$$

080 
WWUS54 KMEG 022348
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
548 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

MSC017-057-081-095-030000-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
MONROE MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-CHICKASAW MS-
548 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR EASTERN CHICKASAW...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND
MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW WREN...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. 
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WIND DAMAGE SOUTH OF HOUSTON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN...
AMORY...NETTLETON...OKOLONA...RICHMOND...DORSEY...BALLARDSVILLE...
WREN...BIGBEE...BECKER...EAST ABERDEEN...MULDON...BINFORD AND STRONG.

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 TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8837 3366 8848 3366 8850 3368 8851
      3367 8872 3381 8873 3381 8887 3395 8885
      3407 8880 3429 8850 3371 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 252DEG 60KT 3391 8856

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 2:50 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	15 hr
Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica	5 hr
Mar 2, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	42 min
Mar 2, 2:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	44 min
Mar 2, 2:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 2, 2:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	44 min
Mar 2, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	47 min
Mar 2, 2:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	32 min
Mar 2, 3:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	51 min
Mar 2, 3:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn	32 min
Mar 2, 3:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	26 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	51 min
Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	18 min
Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Union	46 min
Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah	39 min
Mar 2, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie, Union, Yalobusha	44 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah	34 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	47 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	50 min
Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	30 min
Mar 2, 4:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	26 min
Mar 2, 4:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	23 min
Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	18 min
Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union	44 min
Mar 2, 5:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	27 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	30 min
Mar 2, 5:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	24 min
Mar 2, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	50 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.