Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2002

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

January 31, 2002Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 31, 2002, 7:54 PM CST for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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
Jan 31, 2002, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2002, 8:45 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 31, 8:00 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBethlehem, TNSome trees 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 010154
TORMEM
TNC079-010245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
754 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 845 PM CST.

* AT 748 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5
  MILES WEST OF PURYEAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 845 PM CST INCLUDE...
  PURYEAR...

.IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL
1-800-432-0875.

LAT...LON 3650 8849 3633 8841 3637 8799 3650 8806

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.