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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2012, 6:52 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports 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
- Oct 14, 2012, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 7:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 7:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse New Wren, MS | ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME AND TREES DOWN. NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO BE FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS AROUND 80 MPH. |
| Oct 14, 7:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse New Wren, MS | ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME AND TREES DOWN. |
| Oct 14, 7:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Aberdeen, MS | ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME AND TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678
WFUS54 KMEG 142352
TORMEG
MSC095-150030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0059.121014T2352Z-121015T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
652 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW WREN...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMORY AND
NEW WREN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 8821 3393 8821 3387 8823 3386 8866
3395 8867 3407 8820 3405 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 260DEG 20KT 3392 8859
$$2 follow-up statements
360
WWUS54 KMEG 150003
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
703 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
MSC095-150030-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121015T0030Z/
MONROE MS-
703 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTY...
AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKER...OR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMORY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMORY...
HATLEY...PARHAM...SPLUNGE...SIPSEY FORK...QUINCY AND BECKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 8821 3393 8821 3392 8822 3390 8860
3396 8859 3407 8820 3405 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 253DEG 19KT 3393 8855
$$915
WWUS54 KMEG 150016
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
716 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
MSC095-150026-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121015T0030Z/
MONROE MS-
716 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 716 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3399 8821 3393 8821 3392 8822 3390 8860
3396 8859 3407 8820 3405 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 253DEG 19KT 3395 8847
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more | 14 hr |
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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.