Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 20, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
352 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2003

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW AND MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S EQUALS HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREES. HEAT
ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH 7 PM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED
UP ACRS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE
TO HEATING AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTH
MISSISSIPPI. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIE WITH SUNSET. TEMPERATURES
RECOVERED TO 75 DEGREES LAST NIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN AGAIN TONIGHT. EXPECT LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. MAYBE
EVEN SOME UPPER 60S ACRS NE SXNS OF THE AREA...NEAR PARIS WHERE
DEWPOINTS ARE A LITTLE LOWER.

WEAK UPPER TROF PASSES BY TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY WHILE SHORTWAVE
CURRENTLY OVR NRN MS WASHES OUT OVER THE REGION. THESE FEATURES
ALONG WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE A LITTLE
WEAKER AND A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP WL NOT ISSUE A HEAT
ADVISORY ATTM FOR THURSDAY. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS TO BE A DEGREE OR TWO
COOLER THAN TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 IN THE DELTA AND 100-
105 ELSEWHERE.

ANOTHER WARM DAY IN STORE FOR FRIDAY AS A CDFNT APPROACHES WITH
SCT AFTN TSTMS. EXPECT TEMPS IN THE LOWER 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY.
FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE MID SOUTH FRI NIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF TSTMS. GFS PUSHES FRONT INTO N CNTRL MS BY 00Z SAT...
PERHAPS A BIT QUICK. WL TAPER POPS FROM N TO S ON SAT. BY SUN FRONT
MOVES INTO S CNTRL MS BUT WL LEAVE A SMALL POPS ACRS N MS.

BY MON SFC HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS ACRS
THE REGION. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STARTS TO MOVE BACK NORTH MON AFTN.
EXPECT AFTN ACTIVITY MON-WED.

.MEG...HEAT ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL AR...NORTHWEST
       MS...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS
       AFTERNOON. THE AREA IS GENERALLY THE MISSISSIPPI
       DELTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WYNNE AR TO MILLINGTON TN.

SJM

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
415 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL
PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES UNTIL EARLY THIS
EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THESE AREAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM WYNNE ARKANSAS...TO MILLINGTON TENNESSEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION ON THURSDAY
AND WILL HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2003

...CODE ORANGE OZONE HEALTH ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNSET...

THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A CODE
ORANGE OZONE HEALTH ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR MEMPHIS AND ALL OF
SHELBY COUNTY THAT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNSET. THIS OZONE
HEALTH ADVISORY IS DUE TO MONITORED OZONE VALUES THAT ARE
APPROACHING THE UNHEALTHFUL RANGE. THESE VALUES HAVE EXCEEDED THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYS FEDERAL SAFE HEALTH STANDARD. THE
MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THAT ACTIVE
CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE...SUCH
AS ASTHMA...LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST OZONE FORECASTS AND UPDATES UNTIL AIR QUALITY
VALUES RETURN TO SAFE LEVELS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.