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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. 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
- Oct 17, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 97 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.
120
WFUS54 KMEG 180108
TORMEG
ARC077-107-180130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0065.121018T0108Z-121018T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
808 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUBREY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARVELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARIANNA.
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 3478 9111 3487 9066 3462 9064 3455 9105
3459 9107 3460 9106 3473 9106 3473 9110
3474 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 263DEG 34KT 3465 9101
$$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, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 25 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 |
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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.