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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

May 25, 2002Dunklin County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 7:01 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
May 25, 2002, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunklin County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Holcomb, MO
May 25, 7:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Holcomb, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1174 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 260001
SVRMEM
MOC069-260045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
656 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 656 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM      
  OVER NIMMONS ARKANSAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 745 PM CDT INCLUDE...     
  HOLCOMB FRISBEE AND WHITE OAK...

.DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL
1-800-432-0875.

LAT...LON 3643 9021 3625 9017 3628 8998 3647 8998

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDunklin88 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.