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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 11, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802
WFUS54 KMEG 112233
TORMEG
MSC057-141-112300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0043.120611T2233Z-120611T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
533 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BELMONT...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND SOUTH CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTIES.
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 3451 8815 3444 8815 3441 8816 3441 8817
3444 8830 3453 8828 3455 8814 3451 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 274DEG 19KT 3448 8822
$$1 follow-up statement
584
WWUS54 KMEG 112245
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
545 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
MSC057-141-112255-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120611T2300Z/
TISHOMINGO MS-ITAWAMBA MS-
545 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TISHOMINGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 545 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3451 8815 3444 8815 3441 8816 3441 8817
3444 8830 3453 8828 3455 8814 3451 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 274DEG 19KT 3448 8814
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc and 4 more | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.