1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 10, 1:19 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 219 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPS UP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE IS A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH THAT IS OVER THE REGION...AND THIS MAY BE HELPING TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF THE AFTERNOON HEATING. ON MONDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION. GFS/NAM DIFFER IN THE TIMING OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM THROUGH THE REGION WITH THE GFS FASTER IN PUSHING THE UPPER SHORTWAVE THROUGH. AS A RESULT...NAM LINGERS THE PRECIP THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION ON TUESDAY WHEREAS THE GFS IS PROGRESSIVE WITH THE CONVECTION. PREFER THE GFS WHICH HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT ON THE HANDLING OF THE SYSTEM. EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COVERAGE MAY BE A LITTLE BETTER WITH MORE DEEPER LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE. EXPECT THE FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT AND THROUGH ON TUESDAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MAIN THREAT WOULD BE ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL AS AN UPPER JET STREAK WILL BE MOVING OVERHEAD. AFTER TUESDAY...COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL REESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM CANADA. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS NEXT SUNDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST AND RETURN FLOW SETS UP OVER THE REGION. COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON HEATING/MOISTURE MAY TRIGGER A FEW STORMS. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && VALLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 337 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 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>092-111045- 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- 337 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY HAVE PEA SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FRONT COMING THROUGH MAY TOUCH OFF SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 224 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 TNZ088-102000- SHELBY TN- 224 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...SHELBY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF MIDTOWN MEMPHIS AT 224 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN SHELBY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS AND MILLINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A child was killed by a lightning strike while playing outdoors.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Weakley | 2006-09-18 | 11 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5535091.