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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:57 PM CST for Calhoun County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:57 PM CST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
920
WFUS54 KMEG 022257
TORMEG
MSC013-161-022315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0029.120302T2257Z-120302T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
457 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PITTSBORO...OR 13 MILES EAST OF GRENADA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 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 3386 8952 3386 8968 3387 8970 3416 8932
3395 8914 3376 8951 3377 8952
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 235DEG 46KT 3385 8954
$$2 follow-up statements
258
WWUS54 KMEG 022308
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
508 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
MSC013-161-022315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-CALHOUN MS-
508 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOUNDS...OR 21
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATER VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG CREEK...
BENWOOD...SAREPTA...ELLARD...REID...SKUNA...SHEPHERD...LOYD...BOUNDS
AND RETREAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3386 8952 3388 8957 3416 8932 3395 8914
3380 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 235DEG 46KT 3393 8940
$$345
WWUS54 KMEG 022314
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
514 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
MSC013-161-022325-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-CALHOUN MS-
514 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN
YALOBUSHA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 515 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3386 8952 3388 8957 3416 8932 3395 8914
3380 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 235DEG 46KT 3398 8931
$$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, 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, 5:45 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 |
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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.