An upper level disturbance moved through North Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours of July 9th, 2007. The disturbance produced showers and thunderstorms over the area.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved through North Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours of July 9th, 2007. The disturbance produced showers and thunderstorms over the area. Some of the thunderstorms produced dangerous lightning.
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 Jul 9, 2:16 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 316 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METRO. THE COMPLEX HAS DISSIPATED SOMEWHAT LEAVING BEHIND A MORE STABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE DELTA. AS THE SUN BREAKS OUT ACROSS THE DELTA TEMPS SHOULD RECOVER AND TSTM REDEVELOPMENT WILL POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ACROSS NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...BASICALLY NORTHEAST OF A CORINTH MISSISSIPPI TO DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO KENNETT MISSOURI LINE...TEMPS HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER 90S WITH SBCAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG. SOME STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA WHERE IN INSTABILITY IS THE GREATEST. TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...A 500 MB SHORTWAVE TROF LOCATED NEAR THE ARKLATEX ATTM WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. ON MONDAY ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH PWS AROUND 2 INCHES AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES AROUND -4C. AS A RESULT EXPECT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA AND A 1010-1012 MB LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH WEST TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY MORNING. 12Z MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS FEATURE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF THE MID SOUTH DURING THIS PERIOD. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...FRONT WILL STALL THROUGH AREA...PROBABLY EAST-WEST THROUGH ABOUT THE MEMPHIS AREA WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR RAIN CONTINUING DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT MOVE THROUGH. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...GFS HAS A MORE AMPLIFIED EAST COAST TROF BY SATURDAY RESULTING IN NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WHICH PUSHES THE FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION. PREFER THE LESS AMPLIFIED ECMWF SOLUTION WHICH KEEPS THE FRONT AND DEEPER MOISTURE INVOF THE MID SOUTH THIS WEEKEND. WILL CONTINUE SMALL CHANCES OF PRECIP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 74 88 73 88 / 40 60 50 50 MKL 70 87 72 86 / 40 60 50 60 JBR 72 87 72 87 / 40 60 50 60 TUP 72 88 72 88 / 40 60 40 50 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && SJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 325 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-101015- 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- 325 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE COVERING THE MID-SOUTH WILL BE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST DURING THIS TIME. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS WILL INTERACT WITH THIS ATMOSPHERE DURING THE WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS THIS WEEK. SJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1204 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 MSZ001-091745- DE SOTO MS- 1204 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...DESOTO COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HORN LAKE AT 1204 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN DESOTO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HERNANDO...HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH AND SOUTHAVEN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1223 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 MSZ006-017-024-091815- TISHOMINGO MS-ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS- 1223 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...ITAWAMBA...MONROE AND TISHOMINGO COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF BELMONT TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMORY AT 1223 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA...MONROE AND TISHOMINGO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN...AMORY...FULTON AND IUKA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1257 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 MSZ020-091900- TALLAHATCHIE MS- 1257 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEBB AT 1257 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHARLESTON... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 200 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TNZ050-052-092000- HAYWOOD TN-MADISON TN- 200 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERCER AT 200 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF JACKSON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 247 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TNZ092-092030- HARDIN TN- 247 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...HARDIN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH AT 247 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN HARDIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SAVANNAH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 313 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TNZ021-054-092100- CARROLL TN-HENDERSON TN- 313 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...CARROLL AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BARGERTON AT 313 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CARROLL AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HUNTINGDON...LEXINGTON AND MCKENZIE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house, about a half mile north of Ripley. The strike produced holes in the siding of the house and caused damage to electrical appliances in the home. In addition to the home, a nearby tree was also struck.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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