Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over East Arkansas on June 29, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds.
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Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over East Arkansas on June 29, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds.
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 29, 9:23 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1023 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 .UPDATE... ANOTHER WARM DAY ON TAP FOR THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AT LEAST 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER IF NOT MORE THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY. THE TEMPERATURE HAS ALREADY HIT THE 90 DEGREE MARK IN MEMPHIS AND TUPELO WITH OTHER LOCATIONS SITTING IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. CU DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN AND WITH A COLD FRONT SINKING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO POP. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS WILL BUMP UP HIGHS SLIGHTLY AS CLOUDS FROM SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BEGIN TO HINDER CONTINUE WARM-UP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. EXPECT HIGHS TO REACH WELL INTO THE MID 90S MAYBE A FEW PLACES MAY REACH THE UPPER 90S. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007/ DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER AND MID 70S. HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. MOST OF THE SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING IS OCCURRING INVOF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TODAY...LOWERED POPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO HOLD ON ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPS CLIMB INTO THE 90S. LIKE PREVIOUS AFTERNOONS SOME STORMS COULD HAVE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY TO AROUND THE KY/TN STATE LINE SO WENT WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. TONIGHT...ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT ON TAP. WILL CONTINUE POPS OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE WEAK SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE VERY NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...THOUGH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. SATURDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY AS A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE MID SOUTH ALONG WITH THE WEAK COLD FRONT. SATURDAY PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. MOISTURE POOLING ACROSS THE AREA INVOF THE FRONT WILL PUSH PRECIP H20 VALUES TO OVER 2 INCHES. THIS DEEP MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A LITTLE MORE INSTABILITY SHOULD RESULT IN A GOOD DEAL OF TSTM DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT 40-50 MPH WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH ANY STORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THE WEAK COLD FRONT AND MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH REGION DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH SLOWLY DECREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP. CLEARING IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A DRIER AIRMASS WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES WILL PUSH INTO THE MID SOUTH FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. BY WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIP OFF TO THE EAST RESULTING IN A RETURN TO MORE HUMID CONDITIONS. BY THURSDAY ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN. && && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && KRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1215 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 TNZ088-089-291745- FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN- 1215 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...NORTHEAST SHELBY AND NORTHWEST FAYETTE COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LAKELAND AT 1215 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1220 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ARZ035-048-291800- CROSS AR-ST. FRANCIS AR- 1220 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...SOUTHWESTERN CROSS AND WESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF CALDWELL AT 1220 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN CROSS AND ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WYNNE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1234 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ARZ008-291815- RANDOLPH AR- 1234 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...RANDOLPH COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATTICA AT 1234 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF POCAHONTAS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked trees down on Highway 62, 3 miles west of Pocahontas.
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