1 high wind, 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 Mar 20, 3:40 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 340 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TDA AND THIS EVENING DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN NM THAT IS FEEDING MOISTURE INTO THE MIDSOUTH. A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXTENDS FROM THE MO BOOTHEEL TO SHREVEPORT. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE BAND IS RECEIVING MOSTLY MODERATE RAINFALL...BUT THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER SOUTH ARE DUMPING HIGHER AMTS. HEAVY RAIN IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS THIS MORNING BUT WILL NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH SINCE FFG IS SAYING 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES NECESSARY IN 6 HRS. ONLY LEE COUNTY (AR) HAS HAD HEAVY RAINFALL SO FAR FROM THIS EVENT. EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER TDA...BUT THINK THE MAIN THREAT THERE IS HEAVY RAIN ALSO. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE INTO EVENING HOURS...BUT TRWS SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE NIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW GOES TO MIDDLE TN. UPPER LOW SHOULD GO ON UP INTO IL OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH HIGH SHOULD BUILD IN FROM THE SURFACE UPPER LOW ENERGY WILL BE SWINGING DOWN INTO THE AREA AND BRING FURTHER CHANCE OF RAIN TUE. A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER WILL BEGIN TUES NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS AIRMASS IS COLD...SO FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY STARTING TUE EVENING. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && WER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 431 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-211245- ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-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- 431 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE MIDSOUTH HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY EXCEPT IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES WHERE THE RISK IS MODERATE. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FARM SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY TO ITAWAMBA COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY MORNING AND EACH NIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WER
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds brought down a 40 foot by 70 foot frame shop and a utility pole in Caraway.
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