Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 2002, 11:00 PM CST for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 23, 2002, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2002, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 11:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak, MO | A cotton trailer was knocked over. Part of a cotton gin was damaged. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMEG 240500 SVRMEM MOC069-155-240545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1059 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1145 PM CST. * AT 1053 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CAMPBELL TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARDWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1145 PM CST INCLUDE... GLENNONVILLE... CARDWELL... CAMPBELL... ARBYRD... HOLCOMB... MALDEN...SENATH... .DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. .REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.