2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 1:17 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 217 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMED LATE THIS MORNING IN WEST TENNESSEE ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND EAST TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SINCE FIRED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. BACK TO THE WEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AS WELL. A LARGE SCALE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS ANCHORED ITSELF ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THIS HAS PRODUCED RECORD HEAT ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. AS A RESULT...THE FLOW OVER THE MID SOUTH REGION HAS BEEN WEAK. THIS HAS CAUSED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE VERY SLOW AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY IN THE AREA AND A NARROW BAND OF MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION. EXPECT MOST AREAS TO SEE A CHANCE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY FOR MOST LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO TEMPS TODAY. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END BY SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OUT WEST...BUILDING FARTHER EAST. AS IT APPROACHES THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100. HEAT INDICES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BEGIN TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS. THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST...RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN TO THE REGION BY MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. AC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 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>092-201000- 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- 335 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TODAY. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A HOT AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DURING THIS TIME. HEAT INDICIES COULD BE NEAR 105 DEGREES. ANYBODY WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE HEAT. THIS INCLUDES THE ELDERLY...THOSE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. A HEAT ADVISORY MIGHT BE ISSUED THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An old church was damaged. A shed was blown off its foundation. Several trees were blown down.
Several trees were knocked down.
Several streets in Memphis and Germantown were flooded.
Several roads and fields were flooded.
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, 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: 5465445, 5465446, 5465447, 5465448, 5465449.