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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 10:01 PM CDT for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee; Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 2103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WFUS54 KMEG 020301 TORMEG MSC009-093-TNC047-069-020345- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0053.120902T0301Z-120902T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1001 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN BENTON...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN 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 3511 8920 3494 8909 3489 8944 3495 8946 TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 242DEG 23KT 3493 8941 $$
2 follow-up statements
129 WWUS54 KMEG 020315 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MSC093-020325- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120902T0345Z/ MARSHALL MS- 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1015 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3491 8935 3502 8935 3511 8920 3494 8909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 242DEG 23KT 3497 8931 $$ MSC009-TNC047-069-020345- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120902T0345Z/ BENTON MS-FAYETTE TN-HARDEMAN TN- 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTIES... AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND JUNCTION...LA GRANGE AND NEW CANAAN. 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 3491 8935 3502 8935 3511 8920 3494 8909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 242DEG 23KT 3497 8931 $$
232 WWUS54 KMEG 020323 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1023 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MSC009-TNC047-069-020333- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120902T0345Z/ BENTON MS-FAYETTE TN-HARDEMAN TN- 1023 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 1023 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3491 8935 3502 8935 3511 8920 3494 8909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 242DEG 23KT 3499 8925 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Madison | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 2 more | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison and 1 more | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Madison | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tunica | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 19 min |
| Sep 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 18 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.