2 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, 1:58 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 258 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002 TSTMS HAVE FIRED ALONG A NW/SE ORIENTED BNDRY THIS AFTN ACROSS SRN MO INTO SRN KY WHILE SCTD TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MS. EXPECT THE TSTMS TO THE NORTH TO PROPAGATE SEWD THIS EVENING AFFECTING THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA PRIMARILY. OTHERWISE WARM AND HUMID CONDS TONITE. THE SFC BNDRY TO THE NORTH WILL SAG SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HRS BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY. AN UPR LVL SW TROF WILL DROP SEWD THRU THE MID MS VALLEY AND BECOME ELONGATED ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE WEEKEND. WILL ADD A MENTION OF SCTD TSTMS TO SUNDAY WITH MON THRU WED BEING ISOLATED AT BEST...WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER WITH AN INCREASE IN CLD CVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THEN WARMING FOR NEXT WEEK. WILL FOLLOW FWC/MAV TEMPS...ETA APPEARS TOO WARM FOR MAX TEMPS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM 077/091 074/088 072 343 MKL 073/089 071/087 069 543 JBR 076/090 071/087 069 543 TUP 075/092 074/088 071 343 .MEG...NONE.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The metal roof to a storage building was damaged in the southeast part of Memphis. A few trees were also blown down.
Several trees were blown down.
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