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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN

March 15, 2002Benton County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2002, 8:23 PM CST for Benton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 15, 2002, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2002, 9:00 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benton County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1244 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 160223
SVRMEM
MSC009-160300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
822 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CST.

* AT 821 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
  MILES WEST OF HICKORY FLAT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 900 PM CST INCLUDE...
  HICKORY FLAT...
  ASHLAND...
  CANAAN...MICHIGAN CITY...

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

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

LAT...LON 3462 8932 3458 8920 3499 8899 3501 8926

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette39 min
Mar 15, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion25 min
Mar 15, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn22 min
Mar 16, 3:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall, Tate47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.