Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
515 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

          ... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE MID-SOUTH ...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT 5PM THE HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SOUTH AND EAST OF JONESBORO AND ACROSS
NORTHWEST TENNESEE NEAR UNION CITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MID-SOUTH
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

REMEMBER..LIGHTNING FATALITIES ARE AT A PEAK DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS WILL AFFECT
POINSETT..CROSS..MISSISSIPPI..AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE WILL AFFECT WEAKLEY..GIBSON..
DYER..AND CROCKETT COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH UNTIL A FEW
HOURS AFTER SUNSET.

SPECIAL STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
535PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

      ... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE ..

AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS..SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTH PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA JUST EAST OF
BLYTHEVILLE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO NEAR HALLS TENNESSEE WHICH
IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF DYERSBURG TO NEAR ALAMO IN WEST TENNESSEE.
THESE STORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WIND..SMALL HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

SHOULD A THUNODERSTORM APPROCH MOVE INDOORS..LIGHTNING IS A KILLER.

THE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON POORLY
DRAINED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS..MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.