1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 2:30 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 230 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 A SURFACE LOW OVER THE OK PANHANDLE AT 18Z WILL TRACK NEWD TO WI BY 12Z SUN. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SHOULD SWING THROUGH OUR FCST AREA BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z SUN. EXPECT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND WRN AR TO APPROACH THE WRN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS MOST OF THE FCST AREA THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY LINGER OVER THE ERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLAN TO MENTION SEVERE STORMS IN ALL ZONES. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL SUPPORT WINDY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE THIS EVENING. CLEARING SHOULD OCCUR LATER TONIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST...AND WINDS SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER. A SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL SUPPORT OFF AND ON CHANCES OF RAIN FOR THE COMING WEEK. MODELS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT TODAY...BUT ETA HAS THE BEST ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SCENARIO. GUIDANCE SEEMS REASONABLE. .MEG...NONE. 012
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS, TN
635 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0600 PM 7 W JONESBORO AR WIND ESTIMATE 60 MPH
02/24/01 CRAIGHEAD
0610 PM JONESBORO AR WIND DAMAGE
02/24/01 CRAIGHEAD LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
3The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
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