Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 30, 2012, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225
WFUS54 KMEG 302202
TORMEG
MSC071-093-115-145-302230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0044.120830T2202Z-120830T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAMBRIDGE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF PONTOTOC...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UNION...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC 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 3447 8952 3459 8929 3459 8928 3426 8916
3424 8925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 153DEG 33KT 3431 8925
$$1 follow-up statement
477
WWUS54 KMEG 302215
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
515 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC115-145-302225-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120830T2230Z/
UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-
515 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC AND SOUTHWESTERN
UNION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 515 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3459 8929 3440 8926 3436 8931 3449 8949
3459 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 153DEG 33KT 3442 8932
$$
MSC071-093-302230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120830T2230Z/
MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS-
515 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEEL...OR 13 MILES
EAST OF OXFORD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KEEL AND
BURT.
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 3459 8929 3440 8926 3436 8931 3449 8949
3459 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 153DEG 33KT 3442 8932
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 15 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Tate | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 35 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.