Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 23, 2002

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$10,000

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.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 8:15 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
815 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002

WITH SIGNIFICANT LINE OF CONVECTION STILL TO WEST OF CWA...HAVE
OPTED TO EXTEND FLOOD WATCH IN BOTH AREAL AND TEMPORAL EXTENT.
CELLS ARE TRAINING ALONG LINE...AND AREAS COULD SEE A VERY QUICK
ONE TO TWO INCHES. ON TOP OF THE RAIN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT...THIS
WOULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN QUITE A FEW AREAS.

STILL POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LIFTED OF -2 TO -4
AHEAD OF FRONT WITH CAPES NEAR 1000 J/KG. WATCH NUMBER 3 RUNS
UNTIL 04Z...AND ANTICIPATE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL WATCH TO
REPLACE CURRENT WATCH.

HAVE ALSO MADE MINOR WORDING CHANGES TO 2ND AND 3RD PERIODS.
UPDATE FOR FLOOD WATCH ALREADY OUT...AND EXPECT ADDITIONAL UPDATES
DURING THE EVENING. 10

.MEG...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA UNTIL NOON (18Z) THURSDAY.

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:35 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 23 to 24, 20021 death · 13 injured · $3.8 million · 52 kt wind · 51 events
• Tornado in Kentucky, January 23, 2002$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 23, 2002$650,000 · 3 events
• Wildfire and High Wind in California, January 23 to 24, 20021 injured · $235,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, January 23 to 24, 2002$150,000 · 85 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, January 23, 2002$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
• Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 23 to 24, 2002$100,000 · 6 events
• Flooding in Missouri, January 23 to 24, 2002$46,000 · 4 events
• Flooding in Illinois, January 23 to 24, 2002$30,000 · 3 events
• Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 23, 2002$25,000 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 23, 2002$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 23, 200214 events

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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: 5280148.