Winter Storm, Dunklin
- When
- February 5, 8:00 PM CST to February 6, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dunklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Missouri, February 5 to 6, 2002
A winter storm hit much of the Mid-south. Two to three inches of snow fell across the Missouri bootheel.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A winter storm hit much of the Mid-south. Two to three inches of snow fell across the Missouri bootheel.
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 Feb 5, 3:22 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:22 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
322 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2002
A DEVELOPING SFC LOW OVER THE NW GULF WILL TRACK EWD ALONG THE GULF
COAST TNT-WED...THEN TRACK NEWD INTO THE CAROLINAS WED NITE-THU. A
500MB SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FCST AREA WED NITE. THIS WILL
ALLOW 3 FCST PERIODS OF WINTER WX WITH THE BEST CHC FOR ALL SNOW IN
THE NW GROUP WHILE THE SE ZONE GROUP WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY 12Z
WED. ALL AREAS SHOULD TURN BACK TO SNOW WED NITE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE IN THE ADVISORY CATAGORY.
.MEG...SNOW ADVISORY NE AR AND EXTREME NW TN TNT-WED NITE.
WINTER WEATHER ADV REST OF W TN AND MS DELTA TNT-WED NITE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NE MS TNT.
012The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Pemiscot
- When
- February 5, 8:00 PM CST to February 6, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.211, -89.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in California, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Cold in District of Columbia, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Alabama, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 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: 5280832, 5280833.