Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin
- When
- April 28, 1:00 AM CST to 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County, 2 mi N of Kennett
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.267, -90.067
Several trees were knocked down.
Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 28, 2002
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Apr 27, 8:22 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 8:22 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 922 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER WRN IA WILL TRACK EWD TO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH 12Z SUN. A WARM AND MOIST S-SWRLY BREEZE WILL CONT TNT...SO DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS TO FALL MUCH BELOW 70 DEG F. A 500MB SHORTWAVE OVER AR WILL PUSH THROUGH THE CWFA TNT AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGER SOME TSTM ACTIVITY. THE ENVIRONMENT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND SHEAR VALUES ARE HIGH...SO CANNOT RULE OUT A SVR TSTM TNT. PLAN ON UPDATING ZONES TO INCLUDE SVR WORDING AND MAKE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. .MEG...NONE. SWC
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pemiscot
- When
- April 28, 1:15 AM CST to 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot County, Wardell
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.367, -89.817
Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pemiscot
- When
- April 28, 2:20 AM CST to 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot County, Cooter
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -89.817
Some trees were knocked down.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Ohio, April 28, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 28, 2002
More
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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: 5293434, 5293435, 5293436.