Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 8:21 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 2, 2002, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lauderdale County, TN
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1075 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WUUS54 KMEG 030121 SVRMEM TNC097-030200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 819 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 815 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ASHPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 900 PM CDT INCLUDE... FT PILLOW... FULTON... .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 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3595 8963 3594 8981 3559 8989 3564 8963
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, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 51 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, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.