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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN

August 24, 2002Dunklin County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2002, 2:37 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 24, 2002, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2002, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
33 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2002-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1938 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 2002-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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.

476 
WUUS54 KMEG 241937
SVRMEM
MOC069-242010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
237 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 310 PM CDT.

* AT 237 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  SENATH...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 310 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  CARUTH

.IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3622 9019 3605 9019 3604 8996 3625 8996

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin46 min
Aug 24, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.