Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 4:25 PM CST for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Feb 1, 2012, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:39 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 75 | Trenton, AR | STATE POLICE REPORTED 70-75 MPH WIND GUSTS ACROSS CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY. |
| Feb 1, 4:39 PM CST | TORNADO | 15 Se Marvell, AR | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMEG 012225
TORMEG
ARC107-012300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0015.120201T2225Z-120201T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
425 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 425 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WATKINS CORNER...OR
NEAR MARVELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HELENA...
MARVELL AND WEST HELENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS 70 MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 9101 3457 9056 3437 9070 3440 9101
3447 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 278DEG 34KT 3447 9089
$$2 follow-up statements
628 WWUS54 KMEG 012243 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 443 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ARC107-012300- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120201T2300Z/ PHILLIPS AR- 443 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY... AT 442 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ONEIDA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HELENA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HELENA...LAKE VIEW...WEST HELENA...QUARLES...SPRING CREEK...WABASH...ONEIDA... BARTON...WYCAMP...PRESTON PLACE...HUMA AND HELENA CROSSING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3457 9081 3457 9056 3437 9070 3439 9086 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 278DEG 34KT 3445 9070 $$
893 WWUS54 KMEG 012303 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 503 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ARC107-012313- /O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120201T2300Z/ PHILLIPS AR- 503 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 503 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3457 9081 3457 9056 3437 9070 3439 9086 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 278DEG 34KT 3445 9069 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 6:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 50 min |
| Feb 1, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 25 min |
| Feb 1, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 44 min |
| Feb 1, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 49 min |
| Feb 1, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 44 min |
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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.