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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 8:09 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 809 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006 .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. HOWEVER...MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING IS WHETHER WE WILL HAVE ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. DRY LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST MO THROUGH EASTERN OK INTO CENTRAL TX THIS EVENING. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S IN EASTERN OK AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE AND IN THE 30S IN WESTERN OK. A COLD FRONT IS GRADUALLY MERGING WITH THE DRY LINE FROM THE WEST. LATEST RADARS AND LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK INDICATE A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ERUPTED JUST AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE. 00Z LITTLE ROCK SOUNDING INDICATED A STRONG CAP AROUND 830 MB. THINK THIS CAP WILL BREAK WITH LARGE SCALE ASCENT FROM AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THIS WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE MID-SOUTH AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT / DRY LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT. POTENTIAL CAPES...ONCE THE CAP IS BROKEN...ARE INDICATED BY THE LITTLE ROCK SOUNDING TO BE AROUND 1200 J/KG. WILL UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO MENTION THAT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MO BOOTHEEL AND EASTERN AR. SHEAR IS NO PROBLEM AS 0-3 KM HELICITY WAS 469 ON THE LITTLE ROCK SOUNDING...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR. SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS ARE PRESENTLY PUSHING DEWPOINTS INTO THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH. HOWEVER...WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT...SURFACE WINDS WILL TURN MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST ALLOWING A NARROW BAND OF DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FOR NOW...WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTIONING THE THREAT OF SEVERE EAST OF THE MS RIVER...SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ARRIVING IN THIS AREA LATE TONIGHT...A LESS FAVORABLE TIME DIURNALLY FOR SEVERE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 253 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006) DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...GOOD DEAL OF LOW CLOUD COVER HAS MOVED INTO THE MID SOUTH TODAY. AS A RESULT HIGH TEMPS HAVE NOT LIVED UP TO THEIR POTENTIAL...HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT MOST PLACES. TONIGHT...STRONG UPPER TROF CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WL MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH LATER TONIGHT AS A SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM THE OK/KS BORDER ACROSS MO INTO THE MID MS VALLEY. THE ASSOCD COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN AR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...ACROSS THE MS RIVER AROUND 11Z...AND OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 14Z. PREFER THE SLIGHTLY FASTER GFS FOR THIS FORECAST. ACCORDING TO HPC THE NAM INITIALIZED UPPER TROF RATHER POORLY OVER THE ROCKIES WITH THE GFS HANDLING THE TROF SLIGHTLY BETTER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES MOVES OVER THE REGION. SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS RATHER UNIMPRESSIVE. INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO LOOK MARGINAL DUE TO LACK OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. NEAREST 60 DEGREE DEWPOINT OVER SE TX ATTM. MODELS ARE FORECASTING MID TO MAYBE UPPER 50S DEWPOINTS MOVING NORTH IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. AS A RESULT SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WL BE PRACTICALLY NON- EXISTENT. DUE TO THE UPPER TROF MOVING INTO THE REGION MID LEVEL TEMPS WL COOL CONSIDERABLY HELPING TO CREATE SOME INSTABILITY ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. MU CAPES MAY REACH 500-800 J/KG. PERHAPS SOME STORMS WL UTILIZE THIS AVAILABLE CAPE TO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL. FRIDAY...FRONT WILL EXIT THE MID SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING. THE UPPER LOW IS DEEPER WITH THE 12Z MODEL RUN SO EXPECT LOTS OF WRAP AROUND LOW CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPS WL PROBABLY NOT GO ANYWHERE BUT SOUTH TOMORROW DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER. SURFACE WINDS WL BE QUITE STRONG AS WELL MAKING FOR A COOL...BLUSTERY AND DAMP DAY. FRIDAY NIGHT...UPPER TROF MOVES FROM WRN KY INTO ERN TN FRIDAY NIGHT. AREA STILL UNDER CYCLONIC FLOW DURING THE EVENING AND MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOME PRECIP ACRS MAINLY W TN. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX ACRS NE SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE THIS DURING THE EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT SKIES WERE BEGIN TO CLEAR AS TROF LIFTS AWAY AND HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO MOVE IN. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WL BE OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY RESULTING IN SUNSHINE AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. HIGH SLIPS EAST ON SUNDAY AND RETURN FLOW RESTARTS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS RETURN. EXTENDED...NEXT SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION. STRONG UPPER TROF WL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. EXPECT MORE MILD WEATHER EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH BEST CHANCE OF RAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR MID WEEK. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL/SJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1201 AM CST FRI JAN 13 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>092-131100- 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- 1201 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MID-SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT PRECEDED BY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. JCL
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1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was injured by lightning while standing on his porch.
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