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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:51 PM CST for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 4:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Savannah, TN | A FEW SMALL TREES DOWN AND TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG WITH SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE IN THE CRAVENS AREA OF SAVANNAH. |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ese Savannah, TN | HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF OLIVET. |
| Mar 2, 4:08 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 7 E Savannah, TN | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND IN COMMUNITY OF OLIVE HILL. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
693
WFUS54 KMEG 022151
TORMEG
TNC071-022215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0028.120302T2151Z-120302T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
351 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 352 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR SAVANNAH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAVANNAH.
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 3507 8827 3524 8836 3535 8801 3531 8801
3529 8797 3510 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 250DEG 54KT 3518 8823
$$1 follow-up statement
530
WWUS54 KMEG 022211
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC071-022221-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120302T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-
411 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415
PM CST...
AT 411 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3507 8827 3524 8836 3535 8801 3531 8801
3529 8797 3510 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 250DEG 54KT 3528 8790
$$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, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 32 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, 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 |
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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.