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 Jun 2, 2:35 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 A SFC LOW OVER NW AR WILL TRACK TO THE LWR OH VLY TNT AND NEWD ACROSS THE REST OF THE OH VLY TUE. THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT OVER NRN MS SHOULD ADVANCE A LITTLE MORE TO THE N THIS EVENING AND INCREASE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR POSSIBLE SVR TSTMS. A 500MB SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN THE DESTABILIZATION PROCESS. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH 06Z-18Z TUE ENDING THE CHC OF TSTMS. A SFC HIGH WILL BUILD IN TUE-WED BEFORE RETREATING TO THE NE THU. EXPECT DRY WX DURING THAT PERIOD. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY SAT PROVIDING ANOTHER CHC OF TSTMS FRI-SAT. ANOTHER SFC HIGH WILL PROVIDE DRY WX SUN-MON. .MEG...NONE. SWC
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 345 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND INCREASE THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM NOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE MAIN COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS COMING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. 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. SWC
MSZ007-022045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 332 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...TUNICA COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF DUNDEE AT 329 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO FURNISH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN TUNICA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MSZ021-022-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 625 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CALHOUN AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COFFEEVILLE AT 625 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
MSZ014-015-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 631 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ETTA TO 11 MILES WEST OF RANDOLPH AT 631 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW ALBANY AND PONTOTOC...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
MSZ014-015-022-023-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 702 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW... PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEOWNVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF SABOUGLA AT 701 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW ALBANY AND PONTOTOC...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wall from a building was blown down.
Numerous trees were blown down across 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, June 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: 5367266, 5367267.