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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:13 PM CST for Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Hardeman County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3:28 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ramer, TN | SPOTTER LOOKING NORTH FROM CORINTH REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD. ESTIMATED LOCATION NEAR RAMER. |
| Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 3 S Selmer, TN | SOME NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL BUT MAINLY HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST | HAIL 3 | Stantonville, TN | |
| Mar 2, 3:45 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Stantonville, TN | ACCOMPANIED BY GOLFBALL HAIL ...NOTED IN PREVIOUS REPORT |
| Mar 2, 3:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Stantonville, TN | GOLFBALL HAIL WITH 60 MPH WINDS PRODUCING SEVERE TREE DAMAGE AND BROKEN WINDOWS |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
866
WFUS54 KMEG 022113
TORMEG
MSC003-TNC069-109-022145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0025.120302T2113Z-120302T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
313 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 313 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR POCAHONTAS...OR 9
MILES WEST OF BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SELMER AND
BIG HILL POND STATE PARK.
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 3498 8883 3499 8883 3499 8890 3512 8893
3525 8840 3498 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 259DEG 47KT 3504 8887
$$1 follow-up statement
940 WWUS54 KMEG 022124 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 MSC003-TNC069-022134- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/ ALCORN MS-HARDEMAN TN- 324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 324 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3500 8839 3500 8878 3515 8879 3525 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 47KT 3507 8870 $$ TNC109-022145- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/ MCNAIRY TN- 324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY... AT 324 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ACTON... EASTVIEW...GUYS...MICHIE...RAMER...SELMER...STANTONVILLE...HICKORY FLATS...MARTIN CAMP...OLD LAWTON...NEW LAWTON...GILCHRIST...PEBBLE HILL AND CAFFEY. 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 3500 8839 3500 8878 3515 8879 3525 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 47KT 3507 8870 $$
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 | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 30 min |
| 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, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 51 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, 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, 4:49 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, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 47 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, 5:51 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.