2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 8:02 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 902 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO UPDATES NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. LATEST SPC HAS ABOUT THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OUR CWA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF. TORNADO WATCH BOX IS JUST TO OUR WEST WITH EXPIRATION TIME OF 05Z. EXPECT WATCH(ES) WILL BE ISSUED FOR OUR CWA LATER THIS EVENING. 00Z LZK SOUNDING SHOWS CAPE AROUND 4000 J/KG WITH 0-3 KM SRH OF 173 M2/S2. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER AND MID 70S FLOWING INTO THE MIDSOUTH ON SOUTH WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS INITIATED EARLIER ALONG THE DRY LINE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND MOVE INTO OUR CWA BY MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS BECOME TORNADIC HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER NORTH MS...OVER PONTOTOC COUNTY. .MEG...NONE
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-081000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1200 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE TONIGHT. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS...FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY AS THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF MID SOUTH. EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. AFTER THURSDAY...THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WHEN A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG. SJM
MSZ013-021-070130- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 750 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAFAYETTE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF VELMA AT 750 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WATER VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ015-070145- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 830 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...PONTOTOC COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF RANDOLPH AT 830 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN PONTOTOC COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PONTOTOC...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ016-070230- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 851 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LEE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES WEST OF TUPELO AT 851 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TUPELO AND VERONA... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ016-070300- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 914 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LEE COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF TUPELO AT 914 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THREE QUARTER INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF PONTOTOC. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TUPELO AND VERONA... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ017-070330- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 949 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...ITAWAMBA COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF MANTACHIE AT 949 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FULTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ006-070415- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1035 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELMONT AT 1035 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was destroyed. Several farm shops and barns were damaged. A car and a truck were also damaged. A patio cover was blown away. Some trees were uprooted and some utility poles were blown down.
A house had part of its second floor ripped off. Some trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5357175, 5357174.