3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Aug 5, 2:00 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 300 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS MISSOURI AND UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED ALONG GULF COAST WILL BECOME THE FOCUS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE MIDSOUTH BY SATURDAY...AND WILL EVENTUALLY WASH OUT OVER THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER AND BY MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE MIDSOUTH BY MID WEEK UNTIL THEN EXPECT CHANCES FOR RAIN TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL DIURNAL CONVECTION. HOWEVER WILL STILL HAVE CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA WITH A RANGE FROM 30 TO 50 DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LATER POPS MAY NEED TO BE RAISED EVEN FURTHER...ESPECIALLY FOR MONDAY WHEN THE LOW PASSES OVER PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. CONVECTION SHOULD ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES A TAD COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE CWA BY MIDWEEK AND WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECT TYPICAL SUMMERTIME DIURNAL CONVECTION AROUND THE MIDSOUTH. WILL PUT 30 POPS DURING THE DAY WITH 20 AT NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO THE MID 90S. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES AR...NONE MO...NONE MS...NONE TN...NONE KRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 411 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 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>092-061015- RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE(MS)- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- 411 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down.
Some trees were blown down.
Some trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 5472458, 5472459, 5472460, 5472461.