1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 255 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2003 SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS APPROACHING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN ZONES FOR EARLY TONIGHT. FINALLY A BREAK FROM THE PERSISTENT WET WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE ON SUNDAY WITH THE THREAT OF WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION DURING THE COURSE OF NEXT WEEK. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 71/89/70/89/70 111 MKL 66/87/65/87/65 111 JBR 68/89/66/90/67 111 TUP 68/89/67/90/66 111 .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>092-080930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1200 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH BETTER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. .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 Paducah radar (KPAH), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of businesses had awning damage. A few homes suffered minor roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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