5 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 11, 8:40 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 940 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI INTO TENNESSEE. ANOTHER AREA IS ABOUT 2 TO 3 HOURS BEHIND THIS LINE AHEAD OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE. THIS SHORTWAVE IS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS OUR CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I DO NOT EXPECT TO UPDATE THE CURRENT FORECAST AT THIS TIME. THE REMAINDER OF THE DISCUSSION IS A REPEAT OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON THURSDAY...KEEPING A 50 POP GOING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...SEVERAL SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SWING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A CUT OFF LOW IS STILL PROGGED TO DEVELOP TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND WILL MEANDER AROUND THE MIDSOUTH FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. THE SFC FRONT WILL STAY STALLED OUT NORTH OF THE AREA UNTIL TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WHEN IT SLOWLY DRIFTS SOUTHWARD INTO THE CWA. WITH THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE FEATURES...A CHANCE POP WILL BE WARRANTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .MEG...NONE. GGR/KRS
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 351 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA ALONG WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE MIDSOUTH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE STALLED OUT JUST NORTH OF THE MIDSOUTH FROM FRIDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR DAILY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ANYTIME THIS WEEK. 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. KRS
TNZ049-088-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1156 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF MILLINGTON AT 1156 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MILLINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down.
Several trees were knocked down.
A barn was damaged. Some trees were blown down.
A shed was blown down. Some tree limbs and power lines were knocked down.
Some trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 5367270, 5367271, 5367272, 5367274, 5367273.