1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 1:47 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 247 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MIDSOUTH WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THE FORECAST AREA IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN AN UPPER HIGH TO THE EAST AND A WEAK LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE WEAK LOW HAS SPAWNED MANY MORE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. THE WEAK UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN TRAPPED OVER EAST TEXAS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS PESKY LOW WILL KEEP A MOISTURE AXIS FROM THE TEXAS GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES...STRETCHED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THUS THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE VARIABILITY IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HOT AND HUMID WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOISTURE AXIS AND WEAK UPPER LOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE MIDWEST THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A SLOW MOVING ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL HELP SCOUR OUT THE REMAINING RAIN LATE FRIDAY. NEXT WEEKEND APPEARS DRY AT THIS TIME. THE WESTERN RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WHICH WILL CAUSE DRY CONDITIONS AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && AC
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and telephone poles were knocked down by straight line winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 2006
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: 5509795, 5509796.