Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 52
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 29, 2002, 8:00 PM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; Lee County, Arkansas; 22 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2002, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2002, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Blount County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Lee County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 10:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 10:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 10:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 20 min |
| Mar 30, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 12:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 25 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 300200 SEL2 SPC WW 300155 ALZ000-ARZ000-MSZ000-300700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 855 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA EXTREME EASTERN ARKANSAS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL 200 AM EST. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 49...WW 50...WW 51... DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER WESTERN/MIDDLE TN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MS/AL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RELATIVELY HIGH CAPE VALUES AND STRONG WIND FIELDS INDICATE THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF SMALL BOW/LEWP SEGMENTS CAN DEVELOP. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035. ...HART 345,0905 345,0862 334,0862 334,0905 WWUS20 KWNS 300200 SEL2 SPC WW 300155 ALZ000-ARZ000-MSZ000-300700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 855 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA EXTREME EASTERN ARKANSAS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL 200 AM EST. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 49...WW 50...WW 51... DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER WESTERN/MIDDLE TN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MS/AL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RELATIVELY HIGH CAPE VALUES AND STRONG WIND FIELDS INDICATE THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF SMALL BOW/LEWP SEGMENTS CAN DEVELOP. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035. ...HART 345,0905 345,0862 334,0862 334,0905
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River | 5 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.