Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 6:06 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2002, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hardeman County, TN, Madison County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Medon, TN | |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Silerton, TN | A couple of trees were blown down. |
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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 9:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS ARE ALLOWING A QUICK WARMUP THIS MORNING. SURFACE MOISTURE IS STILL AROUND...SO HEATING SHOULD PROVIDE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST ONCE THEY FORM. .MEG...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 26 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.