Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 12:36 AM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 28, 2002, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:38 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Williford, AR | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| Apr 28, 12:38 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Williford, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 25.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 280536 TORMEM ARC121-280615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1236 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 1235 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 115 AM CDT INCLUDE... RAVENDEN SPRINGS... DALTON... ATTICA... MAYNARD... BIGGERS... .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. LAT...LON 3643 9144 3624 9142 3625 9080 3649 9079
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 52 min |
Nearby
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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.