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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

March 30, 2002Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2002, 1:02 AM CST for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 30, 2002, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2002, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 1:20 AM CST	Hail 0.75	Nettleton, MS

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
Mar 30, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 300702
SVRMEM
MSC081-300730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
102 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CST.

* AT 1256 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11
  MILES WEST OF VERONA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 130 AM CST INCLUDE...
  SHANNON...VERONA...
  PLANTERSVILLE...

.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 
STORM...MOVE INDOORS.

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

LAT...LON 3424 8883 3409 8883 3409 8855 3425 8853

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 8:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Marshall	47 min
Mar 29, 9:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	36 min
Mar 29, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	39 min
Mar 30, 12:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	30 min
Mar 30, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Yalobusha	26 min
Mar 30, 12:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	37 min
Mar 30, 12:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun	25 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.