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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2012, 6:34 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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 2, 2012, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2012, 6:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WFUS54 KMEG 022334
TORMEG
MSC057-030015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0054.120902T2334Z-120903T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
634 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TREMONT...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TREMONT.
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 3430 8817 3425 8817 3425 8818 3418 8818
3417 8819 3420 8834 3438 8830 3437 8816
3431 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 280DEG 19KT 3428 8821
$$2 follow-up statements
474
WWUS54 KMEG 022341
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
641 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
MSC057-030015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120903T0015Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
641 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ITAWAMBA COUNTY...
AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOUNDS
CROSSROADS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TREMONT...
EASTMAN AND BOUNDS CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 8817 3425 8817 3425 8818 3418 8818
3417 8819 3420 8834 3438 8830 3437 8816
3431 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 280DEG 19KT 3427 8818
$$545
WWUS54 KMEG 022352
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
652 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
MSC057-030002-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120903T0015Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
652 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ITAWAMBA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 652 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
LAT...LON 3430 8817 3425 8817 3425 8818 3418 8818
3417 8819 3420 8834 3438 8830 3437 8816
3431 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 280DEG 19KT 3426 8811
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 38 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, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 22 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 |
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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.