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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 2012McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2012, 8:39 PM CDT for McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 3, 2012, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Michie, TNGOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR MICHIE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

473 
WFUS54 KMEG 040139
TORMEG
TNC109-040215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0039.120604T0139Z-120604T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
839 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EASTVIEW...OR 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF SELMER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EASTVIEW...
  MICHIE...PEBBLE HILL AND CAFFEY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 8843 3504 8841 3503 8857 3514 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 264DEG 8KT 3509 8855

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson51 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin14 min
Jun 3, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy24 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur3 hr
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Hardin, McNairy48 min
Jun 3, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin23 min
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley48 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale26 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy38 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley45 min
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale43 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMcNairy5 hr
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale28 min
Jun 3, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy51 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy32 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy13 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton45 min
Jun 3, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison43 min
Jun 3, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin68 min
Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood, Madison28 min
Jun 3, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Crockett, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and 3 more3 hr
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby43 min
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette24 min
Jun 3, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison40 min
Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy3 hr
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy38 min
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy49 min
Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton31 min
Jun 4, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton52 min
Jun 4, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby35 min
Jun 4, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby47 min
Jun 4, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby40 min
Jun 4, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, McNairy38 min
Jun 4, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby26 min
Jun 4, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGFayette, Shelby83 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.