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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2012, 9:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Senatobia, MS | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN, DIME SIZED HAIL. |
| Oct 17, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Senatobia, MS |
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 |
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
119 WFUS54 KMEG 180226 TORMEG MSC071-093-107-137-180315- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0075.121018T0226Z-121018T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 926 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SENATOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SENATOBIA. 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. .TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3476 8962 3447 8962 3451 9003 3469 9003 TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 269DEG 48KT 3459 8988 $$
2 follow-up statements
422 WWUS54 KMEG 180302 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1002 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 MSC071-107-180312- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-121018T0315Z/ PANOLA MS-LAFAYETTE MS- 1002 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 1002 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3457 8977 3471 8973 3473 8962 3456 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 269DEG 48KT 3459 8931 $$ MSC093-137-180315- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-121018T0315Z/ TATE MS-MARSHALL MS- 1002 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN TATE COUNTIES... AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF CHULAHOMA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALL DOXEY STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AIKEN... TYRO...WYATTE AND CHULAHOMA. 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. .TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3457 8977 3471 8973 3473 8962 3456 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 269DEG 48KT 3459 8931 $$
941 WWUS54 KMEG 180308 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1008 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 MSC093-137-180318- /O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-121018T0315Z/ TATE MS-MARSHALL MS- 1008 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN TATE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT... AT 1008 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3457 8977 3471 8973 3473 8962 3456 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 269DEG 48KT 3459 8921 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 32 min |
| Oct 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 35 min |
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 37 min |
| Oct 17, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 26 min |
| Oct 17, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 29 min |
| Oct 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 23 min |
| Oct 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tallahatchie | 51 min |
| Oct 17, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 37 min |
| Oct 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 32 min |
| Oct 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola | 39 min |
| Oct 17, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tate | 29 min |
| Oct 17, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 26 min |
| Oct 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Prentiss and 2 more | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 28 min |
| Oct 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 55 min |
| Oct 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.