1 lightning, 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 Mar 12, 3:38 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 338 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY... .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND MONDAY)... FORTUNATELY FOR THE MIDSOUTH THE CURRENT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER STAYED JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA. STRONG CAP (EVIDENT BY 00Z LZK SOUNDING) AND FORCING STAYING WEST OF THE REGION ALLOWED THE MIDSOUTH TO BE SPARED. UNFORTUNATELY...WE HAVE ONE MORE THREAT TO GET THROUGH. TODAY WILL BE AN EXTREMELY WARM AND HUMID DAY FOR EARLY MARCH. WENT ABOVE MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY. WITH CONVECTION NOT OCCURRING IN THE CWA LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...THERE WILL BE NO CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS TO HOLD DOWN TEMPS. WHATEVER LOW STRATUS THERE IS THIS MORNING SHOULD ALSO MIX OUT. IN ADDITION...MOST PLACES WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE 70S THIS MORNING...SO LOW 80S DEFINITELY WITHIN REACH. TRIMMED BACK POPS TODAY ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RIVER. STRONG MID LEVEL CAP SHOULD LIMIT ANY CONVECTION. THE MAIN ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL QUICKLY TRANSLATE EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AT THE SURFACE AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE...DEEPENING AS IT MOVES TO NEAR CHICAGO BY 12Z MONDAY. THIS LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE MAIN CONCERN OF COURSE IS THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AHEAD OF THESE WEATHER FEATURES. MODEL GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION OCCURRING ALONG DRYLINE/COLD FRONT IN WESTERN MO SOUTH INTO THE ARKLATEX SOMETIME DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN PROGRESS TOWARD THE MIDSOUTH SUNDAY EVENING. AS HAS BEEN STATED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS...SEVERAL PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MS RIVER. MUCAPES OF 1500-2500 J/KG...SIG TOR PARAMETERS IN EXCESS OF 3...ENERGY HELICITY INDEX GREATER THAN 2 M2/S2...AND 0-1KM HELICITY GREATER THAN 200 M2/S2. ALL OF THESE SUGGEST AN ENHANCED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. CONVECTION WILL BE SUSTAINED THROUGH THE NIGHT AS SPLIT UPPER JET PROVIDES GOOD DIVERGENCE OVER THE MIDSOUTH. BEST GUESS ON TIMING IS THAT AREAS WEST OF THE MS RIVER WILL BE UNDER A THREAT AFTER 00Z AND LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS EAST OF THE RIVER WOULD SEE ACTIVITY MAINLY AFTER 06Z PERSISTING THROUGH 12Z AND BEYOND FOR EASTERN MOST COUNTIES. THIS ALL HINGES GREATLY ON WHEN AND WHERE CONVECTION INITIATES THIS AFTERNOON. AS FAR AS MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER. HODOGRAPHS SUGGEST CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY BEFORE 06Z. THEREFORE...NE AR AND MO BOOTHEEL WOULD BE UNDER THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT. AS THE ACTIVITY CROSSES THE RIVER...PARAMETERS WILL STILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THE CELLS MAY MERGE INTO MORE OF A SQUALL LINE AS SFC WINDS VEER IN RESPONSE TO SFC CYCLONE MOVING INTO ILLINOIS. ONCE AGAIN...FEEL THAT THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE IN WESTERN HALF OF CWA WHERE THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL ALIGN. THIS MATCHES UP WELL WITH SPC DAY ONE MODERATE RISK. COLD FRONT CLEARS THE CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE THREAT AND THE PRECIPITATION. SKIES WILL CLEAR RAPIDLY MONDAY NIGHT AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE AREA. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... COOL DRY WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE. ANOTHER FRONT FORECAST TO QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH CWA SOMETIME THURSDAY OR EARLY FRIDAY. TIMING ISSUES EXIST BETWEEN MODELS BUT EURO AND GFS DO SHOW ENOUGH MOISTURE TO JUSTIFY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT...MAKING FOR A NICE END BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 82 63 68 41 / 30 70 60 10 MKL 80 63 68 37 / 30 70 70 10 JBR 79 60 68 37 / 40 80 30 10 TUP 83 63 73 41 / 20 40 70 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && JFB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 411 AM CST SUN MAR 12 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>092-131215- 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- 411 AM CST SUN MAR 12 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF A PARIS TENNESSEE TO CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI LINE. THIS INCLUDES MEMPHIS...JACKSON...DYERSBURG...AND JONESBORO. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...AND AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN A POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE MIDSOUTH ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LINGER EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI MONDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE REGION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. JFB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 419 AM CST SUN MAR 12 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>092-122200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 419 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF A PARIS TENNESSEE TO CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI LINE. THIS INCLUDES MEMPHIS...JACKSON...DYERSBURG...AND JONESBORO. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...AND AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN A POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE MIDSOUTH ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. JFB
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:07 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A nearby lightning strike to a tree started a fire in a neighboring shed.
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