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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 10:08 PM CST for Gibson County, Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:08 PM CST (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:17 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 65 | Sidonia, TN | REPORTED BY WEAKLEY COUNTY EMA. |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Dyer, TN | METAL DETACHABLE GARAGE BLOWN OVER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WFUS54 KMEG 230408
TORMEG
TNC053-131-183-230445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0009.120123T0408Z-120123T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1008 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 1008 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRADFORD...
DRESDEN...DYER...GLEASON...GREENFIELD...KENTON...MARTIN...
RUTHERFORD...SHARON AND TRENTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8852 3591 8901 3603 8917 3607 8916
3641 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 222DEG 58KT 3601 8905
$$
WRB/RRH2 follow-up statements
058
WWUS54 KMEG 230420
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1020 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
TNC131-230430-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
OBION TN-
1020 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OBION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1020 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3616 8861 3593 8903 3603 8915 3621 8898
3621 8896 3622 8896 3634 8885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 229DEG 37KT 3606 8895
$$
TNC053-183-230445-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
WEAKLEY TN-GIBSON TN-
1020 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
GIBSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTIES...
AT 1020 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR GRIZZARD...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRADFORD...
DYER...GREENFIELD...RUTHERFORD...SHARON...PILLOWVILLE...CROWLEY
STORE...KIMERY...SIDONIA...GOOD LUCK...SKULLBONE...LANEVIEW...BARRONS
CORNER AND GEORGETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 8861 3593 8903 3603 8915 3621 8898
3621 8896 3622 8896 3634 8885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 229DEG 37KT 3606 8895
$$
WRB/RRH016 WWUS54 KMEG 230437 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1037 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 TNC053-183-230445- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/ WEAKLEY TN-GIBSON TN- 1037 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL GIBSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTIES... AT 1038 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHARON TO GOOD LUCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTIN TO 12 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYER... GREENFIELD...RUTHERFORD...SHARON...KIMERY...SIDONIA...GOOD LUCK AND BARRONS CORNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3619 8865 3602 8897 3609 8907 3634 8885 TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 222DEG 60KT 3630 8873 3616 8888 $$ WRB/RRH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 9:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 22 min |
| Jan 22, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison, Tipton | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Haywood and 2 more | 53 min |
| Jan 22, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 44 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.