Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 18
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 9, 2002, 6:00 AM CST for 24 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Mississippi; 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2002, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 6:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 6:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe | 45 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 35 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 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.