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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 AM CST for Benton County, Tippah County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 AM CST (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030
WFUS54 KMEG 300700
TORMEG
MSC009-139-TNC047-069-300730-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.130130T0700Z-130130T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
100 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 100 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAMAR...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANAAN...
LAMAR...MICHIGAN CITY...BOLIVAR AND LAGRANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND 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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3480 8923 3491 8935 3496 8936 3536 8902
3510 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 226DEG 60KT 3494 8921
$$1 follow-up statement
521
WWUS54 KMEG 300711
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
111 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
MSC009-139-TNC047-300721-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130130T0730Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH MS-FAYETTE TN-
111 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH
AND NORTHERN BENTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 111 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3500 8894 3501 8913 3501 8919 3536 8902
3510 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 226DEG 60KT 3507 8905
$$
TNC069-300730-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130130T0730Z/
HARDEMAN TN-
111 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR HARDEMAN
COUNTY...
AT 111 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAULSBURY...OR 17
MILES SOUTH OF BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLIVAR...
MIDDLETON...SAULSBURY...MIDDLEBURG...LISBON...ROGERS SPRINGS...HEBRON
AND VAN BUREN.
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 3500 8894 3501 8913 3501 8919 3536 8902
3510 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 226DEG 60KT 3507 8905
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 8:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Quitman, Tallahatchie | 24 min |
| Jan 29, 10:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 42 min |
| Jan 29, 11:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate | 40 min |
| Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 36 min |
| Jan 30, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 12:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Yalobusha | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 3:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 10:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 17 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 65 min |
| Jan 29, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 59 min |
| Jan 29, 10:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 55 min |
| Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 12:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Weakley | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 64 min |
| Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 27 min |
| Jan 30, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 25 min |
| Jan 30, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 2:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 15 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:55 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin | 50 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.