Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over West Tennessee on June 23, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over West Tennessee on June 23, 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 23, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 315 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON PLACES A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS THEN BACK THROUGH MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS SHOW PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE MID SOUTH AS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH AXIS ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY PUSH CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS HAVE RISEN INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN THE MAIN CONCERN IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AS AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG WITH A TROUGH AXIS BETWEEN THE I-44/I-40 CORRIDOR PROVIDE A TRIGGERING FOCUS FOR THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY MODE OF CONVECTION AS MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS REMAIN RATHER WEAK ALOFT WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 2000 J/KG AND LIS AROUND -6. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THREATS AND HIGHLIGHTED THREATS IN HWO. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...CHANCE POPS ALONG THE DELTA AND RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING FURTHER EAST. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE MID SOUTH WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS THROUGH TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE REGION AND SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW. HAVE KEPT LOW END POPS IN FORECAST AT THIS TIME AS MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG RANGE...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...GFS/ECMWF INDICATE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE REPLACED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WITH A TROUGH BY NEXT WEEKEND. MEANWHILE...AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE MID SOUTH FOR THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES COMING WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE DURING THE PERIOD. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 259 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 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>092-241115- 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- 259 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-40. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 253 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 ARZ035-048-232045- CROSS AR-ST. FRANCIS AR- 253 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...CROSS AND ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF COLT AT 253 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CROSS AND ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WYNNE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 453 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 TNZ001-002-232230- LAKE TN-OBION TN- 453 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER TIPTONVILLE AT 453 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 535 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 ARZ058-MSZ010-232300- PHILLIPS AR-COAHOMA MS- 535 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...COAHOMA AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CRUMROD AT 535 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN COAHOMA AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ELAINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 TNZ020-240030- GIBSON TN- 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...GIBSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON AT 704 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN GIBSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MILAN AND TRENTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked a few trees down on Gann Road, 4 miles east-southeast of Bradford.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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