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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:32 PM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 13 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
512
WFUS54 KMEG 292232
TORMEG
MSC095-292245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.120229T2232Z-120229T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 432 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPLUNGE...OR 12 MILES
EAST OF AMORY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARHAM...
SPLUNGE AND SIPSEY FORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.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 3393 8821 3391 8822 3391 8823 3394 8836
3404 8834 3404 8820 3399 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 278DEG 41KT 3397 8826
$$
BORGHOFF1 follow-up statement
823
WWUS54 KMEG 292240
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
440 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MSC095-292248-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120229T2245Z/
MONROE MS-
440 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CST...
AT 438 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3393 8821 3391 8822 3391 8823 3394 8836
3404 8834 3404 8820 3399 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 278DEG 41KT 3396 8818
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 12:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica | 10 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.