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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Memphis, TN

July 23, 2002Lee County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2002, 3:55 PM CDT for Lee County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
Jul 23, 2002, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 4:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBaldwyn, MSSeveral large tree limbs 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1626 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

597 
WUUS54 KMEG 232055
SVRMEM
MSC081-115-232145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
355 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 353 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  SHERMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 445 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  SHERMAN...BALDWYN...
  GUNTOWN...ALGOMA...
  SALTILLO...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...
  FURRS...
  TUPELO...TROY...
  VERONA...

.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 3455 8857 3440 8884 3439 8925 3409 8924
          3410 8854

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc42 min
Jul 23, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.