Flash Flood Warning 243, NWS Memphis, TN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
423 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILER TRENDS
DEPICT AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS LOCATED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS
ALL BUT NONEXISTENT AS OF 4 PM CDT FORECAST ISSUANCE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S WHERE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS
COOLED THE ATMOSPHERE AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S ACROSS AREAS THAT
HAVE REMAINED DRY THUS FAR. CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND HEAT ADVISORY
POTENTIAL ARE THE PREDOMINANT CONCERNS IN THIS AFTERNOON/S
FORECAST PACKAGE.

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...CANCELLED HEAT
ADVISORY ACROSS AREAS ALONG/SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI
BORDER AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COOLED TEMPERATURES AND
THUS REDUCED HEAT INDICIES. AREAS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAT INDICIES AROUND 105
DEGREES BUT SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY
EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH
ON/AFTER MID EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING
FROM PULSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WET MICROBURSTS. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN
QUITE HIGH ABOVE 2 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
AS A VERY WARM...MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS
IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THINK OVERALL
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE EACH DAY
AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY BUILDS IN ACROSS THE REGION.
THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL AS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM AT NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE
70S TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE RIVER WHILE READINGS ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80
DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 90S. THE HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE HOT
TEMPERATURES MAY NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES THIS
WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. EVENING/MIDNIGHT SHIFTS WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR HEAT TRENDS AND ADJUST FORECAST TRENDS AS NEEDED.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...12Z ECMWF/GFS LONG RANGE
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A WARM...MOIST...AND HUMID AIRMASS
REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE LONG TERM
FORECAST. INCLUDED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST
FOR TUESDAY AS ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE.
BEYOND TUESDAY...A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RESULT IN
MAINLY RAIN FREE CONDITIONS AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES. HEAT
HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM FORECAST.

CJC
&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE COVERAGE LIMITED MAINLY TO
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THUS FAR. BASED ON LATEST SHORT TERM
CONVECTIVE TRENDS...THINK BEST COVERAGE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TUP AND WILL CARRY A TEMPO GROUP
BETWEEN 18-20Z. AT MEM/MKL/JBR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM INITIATION
MAY BE DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2 TO 3 HOURS FROM SUBSIDENCE UPSTREAM
OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AT MEM/MKL/JBR WILL CARRY CB AT
THESE LOCATIONS AND VCTS AFTER 21Z AT MEM/MKL. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
BE PREVALENT AT TAF SITES FOR A MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD. MVFR
VISIBILITIES MAY DEVELOP AT MKL/JBR/TUP AFTER 17/09Z.

CJC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  77  95  78  96 /  20  30  10  10
MKL  72  92  73  93 /  20  30  10  20
JBR  75  94  76  96 /  20  20  10  10
TUP  74  91  75  92 /  30  50  20  20

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171145-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
345 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ON SATURDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO BOONEVILLE
MISSISSIPPI LINE. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER ON SATURDAY...AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY INTO NEXT
WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS CLIMBING TO BETWEEN 105 AND 109
DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN A FEW LOCATIONS MAINLY
SOUTHEAST OF A UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TO MARIANNA
ARKANSAS LINE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 10 PM TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
421 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

TNZ004-162200-
HENRY TN-
421 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR...

  CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER PARIS AT 421 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN HENRY COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR PARIS...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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