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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2012, 12:08 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 12:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pemiscot County, MO, Lake County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302
WFUS54 KMEG 051708
TORMEG
MOC155-TNC095-051745-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0034.120405T1708Z-120405T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1208 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1208 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HAYTI
HEIGHTS...OR NEAR HAYTI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARUTHERSVILLE...HAYTI...HAYWARD...STEWART...STANLEY...SWIFT...
BRAGGADOCIO...SHADE...STUBTOWN AND CANADY.
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 3640 8945 3611 8970 3620 8989 3640 8978
3639 8976 3643 8973 3640 8968 3641 8960
3635 8954 3635 8953 3638 8952 3643 8955
3644 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 209DEG 6KT 3622 8976
$$1 follow-up statement
907
WWUS54 KMEG 051728
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1228 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012
MOC155-TNC095-051738-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120405T1745Z/
PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-
1228 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LAKE AND NORTHERN PEMISCOT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1228 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND
NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT
AREA.
LAT...LON 3640 8945 3611 8970 3620 8989 3640 8978
3639 8976 3643 8973 3640 8968 3641 8960
3635 8954 3635 8953 3638 8952 3643 8955
3644 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 209DEG 6KT 3625 8974
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Pemiscot | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 29 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.