2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Aug 21, 9:42 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1042 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005
.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE MID-SOUTH THIS
MORNING AND THIS HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM AT A PACE SIMILAR
TO YESTERDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES ARE A FEW DEGREES COOLER ACROSS NORTHERN TIER
COUNTIES. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE ALSO HIGHER AREAWIDE THIS MORNING AS
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.
IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS NOTED ON
REGIONAL WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS INTO
WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. ALSO...VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE CLOUD COVER OVER THESE AREAS
IN RESPONSE TO THIS FEATURE. DUE TO THE SUBTLE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM
AND NO SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL FEATURES PRESENT TO FOCUS CONVECTION...
THINK THAT CURRENT FORECAST OF LOW END CHANCE POPS LOOKS GOOD.
SHOULD SEE A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
LATER TODAY...AS REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS SHOW A MOIST AND UNCAPPED
ENVIRONMENT...AND CONTINUED DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS.
SINCE TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE ON TRACK TO PRODUCE HEAT
INDICES BETWEEN 105-110 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF THE MID-SOUTH AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY
FURTHER NORTH TO INCLUDE ALL BUT OUR FAR NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES. IN
ADDITION...DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF ANY CONVECTION THAT
DEVELOPS...THIS SHOULD NOT HINDER HEATING ACROSS MOST OF THE
ADVISORY AREA.
UPDATED ZONES...GRIDS...AND HEADLINES OUT SHORTLY.
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AR...HEAT ADVISORY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...TO THE SOUTH OF A JONESBORO TO BLYTHEVILLE LINE
THROUGH 7PM SUNDAY.
MO...NONE.
MS...HEAT ADVISORY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI
THROUGH 7PM SUNDAY.
TN...HEAT ADVISORY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE...TO THE
SOUTH OF A DYERSBURG TO HUNTINGDON LINE THROUGH 7PM SUNDAY.
JLHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 300 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 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>092-221000- 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- 300 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... A HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MID-SOUTH WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 105 TO 111 DEGREES. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS SHOULD REMAIN IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREAS. IF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS IN THE MID-SOUTH AND IT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. ANY SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED AND END LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD AGAIN APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JLH/WER
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell on a home. Twelve structures suffered minor damage.
Several large oak trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 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: 5472033, 5472034, 5472035, 5472036.