Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 8:43 PM CST for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 22, 2012, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Marvell, AR | GRAIN BINS DAMAGED ON STATE HIGHWAY 39 APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTH OF TURNER ARKANSAS. TREES AND PART OF A SHOP ROOF WERE BLOWN OFF NORTH OF MARVELL ARKANSAS ON STATE HIGHWAY 243. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
050
WFUS54 KMEG 230243
TORMEG
ARC077-107-230330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0003.120123T0243Z-120123T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
843 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CST
* AT 843 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF WATKINS
CORNER...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF DE WITT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARIANNA
AND MARVELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
.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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 9071 3443 9071 3436 9101 3446 9101
3448 9106 3473 9106 3473 9110 3474 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 237DEG 49KT 3441 9132
$$2 follow-up statements
648
WWUS54 KMEG 230258
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
858 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
ARC077-107-230330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0330Z/
LEE AR-PHILLIPS AR-
858 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PHILLIPS AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 857 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
NORTH OF ALMYRA AT 845 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
BE HEADING TOWARD THE TOWNS OF MARVELL AND TURKEY SCRATCH BY 915 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAGRANGE...
LAKE VIEW...MARIANNA...MARVELL...THOMASVILLE...FELTON...SCOTT
VALLEY...SPRING CREEK...BIG CREEK CORNER...VINEYARD...TURKEY
SCRATCH...CYPRESS CORNER...CREIGH AND CYPERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 9071 3443 9071 3436 9101 3446 9101
3448 9106 3473 9106 3473 9110 3474 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 237DEG 49KT 3449 9111
$$189
WWUS54 KMEG 230311
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
911 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
ARC077-107-230330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0330Z/
LEE AR-PHILLIPS AR-
911 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PHILLIPS AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 911 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURKEY
SCRATCH...OR NEAR MARVELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAGRANGE...
LAKE VIEW...MARIANNA...MARVELL...THOMASVILLE...FELTON...SCOTT
VALLEY...SPRING CREEK...BIG CREEK CORNER...VINEYARD...TURKEY
SCRATCH...CYPRESS CORNER...CREIGH AND CYPERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 9071 3443 9071 3436 9101 3446 9101
3448 9106 3473 9106 3473 9110 3474 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 237DEG 49KT 3461 9093
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Jan 22, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 22 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.