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 Jul 10, 7:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 845 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002 OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS BEEN WORKING ITS WAY SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRWS HAVE BEEN FIRING AFTER THE FEATURE MOVES THROUGH...BUT ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED THE PAST HOUR. TWO STORMS...ON IN EASTERN ST FRANCIS/LEE COUNTY AR AND ANOTHER IN TIPPAH COUNTY MS ARE THE ONLY CONCERN NOW. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE SE AND WEAKEN. WITH FRONT SAGGING SOUTH INTO MIDSOUTH...CANNOT RULE OUT MORE STORMS TNGT. WL ADJUST WINDS/TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES EVENING STORMS HAVE ON THE ATMOSPHERE. .MEG...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
803 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 SHELBY TREES DOWN IN SOUTHEAST
MEMPHIS IN HICKORY HILL
AREA. REPORTED BY LOCAL
TELEVISION STATION.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
848 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 SHELBY TREES DOWN IN SOUTHEAST
MEMPHIS IN HICKORY HILL
AREA. REPORTED BY LOCAL
TELEVISION STATION.
0835 PM DUMAS MS WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 TIPPAH TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN. POWER OUT
COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY
TIPPAH COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.The Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A fence was damaged. Several trees and power poles were knocked down. One tree fell on a shed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2002
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