5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Jun 30, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 200 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... HOT AND HAZY WEATHER WILL COME TO AN END BY THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD ON FRIDAY...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR RAIN. MODELS DIFFER ON HOW QUICKLY THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE MIDSOUTH. THE NAM SHOWS THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE CWA BY FRIDAY EVENING AND BUILDS HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY. THE GFS SHOWS FRONT NOT EXITING MIDSOUTH UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST HAS PRECIP IN UNTIL SATURDAY SO WILL KEEP AS IS FOR NOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDSOUTH BY SUNDAY AND WILL BRING DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS FOR REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S. BY TUESDAY...ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CWA. MODELS SHOWING FRONT STALLING OUT OVER CWA THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MIDSOUTH DURING THIS TIME. WILL ADD 20 POPS TO THE FORECAST. .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT. MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT. MS...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MSZ001-002-007-008-010>013-020>022 UNTIL 600 PM CDT. TN...HEAT ADVISORY FOR TNZ001-002-019-048>050-088-089 UNTIL 600 PM CDT. KRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 400 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-011000- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 400 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... HAZY...HOT...AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 100 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 107 DEGREES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE AND PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE ADVISORY IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS MISSOURI AND KANSAS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT...GRADUALLY DYING OUT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE AS THE LINE MOVES INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO PARIS TENNESSEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH ON FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ON FRIDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL REMAIN ISOLATED AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. KRM
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down.
Some trees were knocked down.
A few trees were blown down.
A couple of trees were knocked down.
One building in Leachville was damaged. Some large trees and power poles were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2005
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: 5462505, 5462506, 5462507, 5462508, 5462559, 5462560.