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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 17, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millington, TN | OBSERVED 195 FOOT OF FENCE BLOWN DOWN WITH 2FT WOODEN POLES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED CONRETE AND ALL. TWO 28 INCH PINE TREES SNAPPED IN HALF. ONE 16 INCH TREE SNAPPED IN HALF. |
| Oct 17, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Munford, TN | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR TIPTON/SHELBY COUNTY LINE. NEAR INTERSECTION OF DEAD FALL AND MCQUISTON ROADS. |
| Oct 17, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millington, TN | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TREE ON TRAILER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMEG 180105
TORMEG
ARC035-093-TNC157-167-180130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0064.121018T0105Z-121018T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
805 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO NEAR MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN CRITTENDEN
COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COVINGTON...MILLINGTON AND MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR THE CHUTE.
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 3549 9008 3558 8963 3534 8964 3531 8990
3529 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 265DEG 37KT 3537 9001
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 32 min |
| Oct 17, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 22 min |
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 37 min |
| Oct 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 23 min |
| Oct 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 35 min |
| Oct 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 19 min |
| Oct 17, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 51 min |
| Oct 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 39 min |
| Oct 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Henry | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 28 min |
| Oct 17, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 39 min |
| Oct 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.