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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2012, 7:47 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 3, 2012, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Gosnell, AR | POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR GOSNELL. |
| Jun 3, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sse Hornersville, MO | QUARTER SIZED HAIL SOUTH OF HORNERSVILLE 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF ROUTE Y IN DUNKLIN COUNTY. |
| Jun 3, 8:23 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Sw Cooter, MO | MOSTLY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW SLIGHTLY LARGER STONES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008 WFUS54 KMEG 040047 TORMEG ARC093-MOC069-155-040130- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0037.120604T0047Z-120604T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 747 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HORNERSVILLE JUNCTION...OR NEAR SENATH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOSNELL... HORNERSVILLE...CARUTH...RIVES...COTTON PLANT...BUCODA...SUNRISE... HORNERSVILLE JUNCTION...GILBERT...TEMPLES CORNER...HERMONDALE... WEST HERMONDALE AND CHANNEL. 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 3601 8980 3590 9000 3609 9022 3616 9007 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 310DEG 24KT 3608 9009 $$ BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
819 WWUS54 KMEG 040058 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 758 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ARC093-MOC069-155-040130- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120604T0130Z/ MISSISSIPPI AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO- 758 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEMISCOT...SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES... AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNRISE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOSNELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOSNELL... HORNERSVILLE...YARBRO...WOODLAND CORNER...STARK CITY...CALUMET... RIVES...COTTON PLANT...SUNRISE...HORNERSVILLE JUNCTION...GILBERT... TEMPLES CORNER...HERMONDALE AND WEST HERMONDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3608 9018 3613 9004 3601 8980 3590 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 303DEG 20KT 3604 9003 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | St. Francis | 36 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.