2 thunderstorm 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 Jul 4, 1:18 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 218 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... A COUPLE AREAS OF CONVECTION TO DEAL WITH THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST BATCH DEVELOPED ACRS NE MS IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK SHORTWAVE AND SOME SFC CONVERGENCE IN AN AREA OF STRONG INSTABILITY WITH CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THIS STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BY EVENING. THE NEXT AREA OF CONCERN IS NE AR AND THE MO BOOTHEEL. AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WAS GENERATED BY AN MCS EARLIER TODAY IS MOVING INTO NE AR ATTM. THE AIRMASS ACRS NE AR HAS DESTABILIZED RAPIDLY THIS AFTN AS HIGH DEWPOINTS...73 AT JBR... HAVE SURGED NORTH AND TEMPS HAVE BUMPED TEMPS INTO THE MID 90S. THE LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES CAPES GREATER THAN 4000 J/KG. MEANWHILE A DECENT SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING ACRS MO WITH SOME STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS. STORMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND WITH NO CAP ACRS NE AR EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ACRS NE AR AND THE MO BOOTHEEL. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT SO MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE POTENTIAL WL DIMINISH SOME AS THE EVENING WEARS AND SFC HEATING WINDS DOWN. SFC FRONT WL BE STALLED ACRS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. WL BUMP UP POPS A LITTLE...TO 50 PERCENT...ACRS THE SRN 2/3RDS OF THE AREA WITH HIGH TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP. WL BEGIN TO TAPER POPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTHWARD. THE FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR THE SRN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12Z WED. WL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST ACRS NRN HALF WED AND WED NIGHT WITH SMALL POPS ACRS NRN MS WITH WEAK FRONT IN THE AREA. BY THU GFS DEPICTS A SFC WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT HELPING TO DRAG THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA. THIS SOLUTION SEEMS REASONABLE AND HAS SHOWN SOME CONSISTENCY OVER THE PAST FEW MODELS RUN. EXPECT DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THU THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. SJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 PM CDT MON JUL 4 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>092-051000- 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- 330 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE MID SOUTH...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TENNESSEE TO CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BEFORE 7 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SJM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
136 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG OKOLONA 34.01N 88.75W
07/04/2005 CHICKASAW MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON EGYPT ROAD
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JFBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
149 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG OKOLONA 34.01N 88.75W
07/04/2005 CHICKASAW MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON EGYPT ROAD
0131 PM BLIZZARD OKOLONA 34.01N 88.75W
07/04/2005 CHICKASAW MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN
&&
JRAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
156 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG OKOLONA 34.01N 88.75W
07/04/2005 CHICKASAW MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON EGYPT ROAD
0131 PM TSTM WND DMG OKOLONA 34.01N 88.75W
07/04/2005 CHICKASAW MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN
0140 PM TSTM WND DMG NETTLETON 34.09N 88.62W
07/04/2005 MONROE MS AMATEUR RADIO
LIMBS AND METAL DEBRIS DOWN ON MAIN STREET
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JRAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
404 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM TSTM WND DMG POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
07/04/2005 RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO TREES DOWN ON HOUSE. POWER OUT.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
07/04/2005 RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO TREES DOWN. POWER OUT.
&&
WERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
424 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0406 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW POCAHONTAS 36.28N 90.99W
07/04/2005 RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AT FIVEMILE SPRING
&&
WERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
07/04/2005 RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES ON HOUSES, TREES ACROSS ROAD, TREES RUPTURED GAS
LINES, ENTIRE CITY OUT OF POWER.
&&
WERThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power lines were blown down.
A building under construction had its roof blown down. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 5465433, 5465434.