Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 153
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 24, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Alabama; 12 counties in Mississippi; 19 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 43 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.