1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jun 18, 1:23 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 223 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHORTWAVE THAT IS HELPING TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BEGIN TO PUSH EAST BY TONIGHT. EXPECT LINGERING ACTIVITY MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN KEEPING LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. BY MONDAY...SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CWA. HOWEVER A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. WARMER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS TEMPERATURES WILL BOUNCE BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR HIGHS. EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT...MODELS DIFFER ON SOLUTION. NAM WANTS TO BRING ANOTHER SHORTWAVE INTO THE CWA BEFORE THE UPPER RIDGE TAKES HOLD WHILE THE GFS BRINGS THE RIDGE OVER THE CWA KEEPING THE AREA DRY. WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST NOW. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE CWA AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION. HEAT INDICES COULD APPROACH 105 DEGREES IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOONS. WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS IN PLACE...AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...HOWEVER EXPECT NORTHEASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA TO SEE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING AN ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID TO EVEN UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN THE 70S DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MODELS ARE A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE PROGRESSION OF A COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT THE FRONT TO STILL BE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT. CAN/T RULE OUT EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA SEEING A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM SO WILL CONTINUE WITH SMALL POPS. BY SATURDAY...FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE CWA AND WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A TAD COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND 70S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 73 91 75 96 / 30 10 10 10 MKL 70 89 70 93 / 40 10 10 20 JBR 68 92 71 97 / 10 10 10 10 TUP 71 89 72 94 / 60 30 10 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && KRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 424 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 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>092-191000- 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- 424 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST. VERY MOIST AIR IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HELP TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS BETWEEN 10 AM AND 10 PM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. JCL
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was reported in Brownsville from heavy rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 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: 5515821.