Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 17, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 2 mi S of Pinedale
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -89.200
A house trailer was blown over and severely damaged.
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 17, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 17, 9:00 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 9:00 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 A LOT GOING ON...LETS GET STARTED. PRE-ADVERTISED WAVE NOW ALMOST RIGHT ON TOP OF KSRC (SEARCY AR). BROKEN LINE OF TSTMS NOW STRETCHES SOUTH OF THERE TO NEAR KPBF...THEN BACK TOWARD KTXK. LINE ALSO EXTENDS EAST OF KSRC..THROUGH KNQA...NEWD TO AROUND KPHT. HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONFINED TO AREA BETWEEN KSRC/KNQA FOR NOW. LINE IN CNTRL AR ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY FROM KMEM. ONCE THIS PASSES ANY GIVEN AREA...I THINK HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS OVER...HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE PROBLEMS WHICH ARE/WILL BE ONGOING. AS FAR AS FORECAST CHANGES...I DONT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF TEMP RECOVERY SINCE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL HOURS MORE RAIN...FOLLOWED BY FROPA. SO WILL PROBABLY MAKE TEMP CHANGES IN ZONE FORECAST FOR ALL AREAS NORTH/WEST OF CURRENT RAIN AREA. WILL ALSO TWEAK WIND FORECAST (ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS). PRECIP FORECAST HAS NO PROBLEMS...OBVIOUSLY. JE/23 .MEG...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR ENTIRE CWA (ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017 -020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-)
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 10:12 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1112 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 AM PIGGOTT AR FLOODING
05/17/02 CLAY NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY CLAY
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0615 AM POCAHONTAS AR FLOODING
05/17/02 RANDOLPH STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY RANDOLPH COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0625 AM OBION TN WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 OBION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
OBION COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0630 AM KENNETT MO FLOODING
05/17/02 DUNKLIN STREET FLOODING. TWO TO
THREE FEET OF WATER OVER
CITY STREETS. CARS
STRANDED. REPORTED BY
KENNETT POLICE.
0630 AM CARUTHERSVILLE MO FLOODING
05/17/02 PEMISCOT STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY PEMISCOT COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0630 AM WALNUT RIDGE AR FLOODING
05/17/02 LAWRENCE NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
AND LOW LYING AREAS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY
LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0645 AM AR FLOODING
05/17/02 GREENE STREET FLOODING. WATER
OVER HIGHWAY 34. REPORTED
BY GREENE COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0705 AM TN FLOODING
05/17/02 OBION NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY
OBION COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0745 AM PARIS TN FLOODING
05/17/02 HENRY STREET FLOODING. 15
STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORTED BY
HENRY COUNTY EMA.
0815 AM TN FLOODING
05/17/02 WEAKLEY NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY
WEAKLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0815 AM TIPTONVILLE TN FLOODING
05/17/02 LAKE STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0815 AM MARTIN TN WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 WEAKLEY TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
WEAKLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0845 AM KENTON TN FLOODING
05/17/02 GIBSON STREET FLOODING. SEVERAL
ROADS CLOSED. AT LEAST 2
PEOPLE EVACUATED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. REPORTED BY
GIBSON CO. DISPATCH.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 17, 2002
- Extreme Cold in New York, May 17 to 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 2002
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 2002
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300287.