1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 2, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 955 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2003 A COLD FRONT OVER CNTRL MO/IL WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA THIS EVENING AND S OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE EDGE OF THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE REACHED OUR EXTREME NW COUNTIES WILL CONT TO PROGRESS SEWD THROUGH THE DAY. ANOTHER BAND OF LOW CLOUDS TO THE NW...ALONG THE FRONT WILL ONLY MAKE THE CLEARING BRIEF TDY. THE FINAL CLEARING WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING BEHIND THE MAIN COLD FRONT. THE FCSTS MAY NEED SOME CLOUD ADJUSTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE CLEAR SPOT IN THE NW. .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>092-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 349 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was damaged southwest of Kennett by strong, gusty winds.
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Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2003
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