8 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 Jul 22, 2:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 300 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH NORTHWEST TENNESSEE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SOME SHOWERS ACTIVITY CURRENTLY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH STRONGER STORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SHORTWAVE SHOULD MOVE INTO REGION TODAY AND EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY OUT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCE OF RAIN SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE FRONT SO WENT WITH LIKELY POPS IN NORTHERN HALF AND CATEGORICAL POPS IN THE SOUTH. SPC STILL HAS SLIGHT RISK FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. CURRENT FORECAST HAS MENTION OF SEVERE WEATHER SO SEE NO REASON TO REMOVE THAT WORDING. WITH SHORTWAVE STILL AROUND TONIGHT...OPTED TO INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF FORECAST AREA AND CHANCE POPS IN SOUTH. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 84/67/84/65/88 821 MKL 81/63/81/60/85 722 JBR 83/65/83/62/88 621 TUP 85/67/84/62/87 942 .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>092-230845- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 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.
TNZ049-088-221215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 621 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS AT 621 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BARTLETT...COVINGTON...GERMANTOWN AND MILLINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees, power poles and power lines were blown down. Some of the downed power lines sparked a fire that destroyed a tractor trailer.
Several homes,businesses and cars were destroyed in the Southaven area and numerous other homes and businesses were damaged across the county. Eleven of the schools in the county were damaged. Numerous trees, power poles and power lines were blown down across the county. More than 20,000 homes lost power for up to two days.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
Some trees were blown down.
Several buildings were damaged in the Corinth area. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county.
Four residences were badly damaged and several other homes and buildings received minor damage. Numerous trees were knocked down across the county.
Many trees were blown down mainly over the northern part of the county.
Many trees were knocked down mainly over the northern half of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 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: 5330497, 5330209, 5330427, 5330425, 5330426, 5330494, 5330495, 5330496.