Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over West Tennessee on June 25, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over West Tennessee on June 25, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds and flash flooding.
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 25, 9:21 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1021 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 .UPDATE... FORECAST IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND WILL ONLY MAKE FINE ADJUSTMENTS TO ALL WEATHER ELEMENTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. && .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1015 AM CDT...A WARM MOIST AIRMASS WAS OVER THE MIDSOUTH. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. BESIDES A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING OVER EAST AR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...NO RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. FOR THE REST OF TODAY...THINK CURRENT 30 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK REASONABLE. THE AIR IS MORE MOIST THAN PREVIOUS DAYS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.7 AND 1.8 INCHES. HOWEVER...WITHOUT A FOCUS FOR LIFT AND WEAK WINDS IN PLACE WILL KEEP CONVECTION UNORGANIZED AND PULSE TYPE. CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM CDT...ONCE TEMPERATURES REACH THE UPPER 80S...ANYWHERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH...BUT MOST PLACES SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH COVERAGE ONLY AROUND 30 PERCENT. A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY FORECAST...LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -7 AND SURFACE BASED CAPES 1500 TO 2500 J/KG. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. SEVERE STORMS REMAIN UNLIKELY AS THE AIR IS NEARLY SATURATED...AND HIGH FREEZING LEVELS WILL LIMIT ANY HAIL PRODUCTION WHICH WILL WEAKEN DOWNDRAFTS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S LOOK ACCEPTABLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007/ DISCUSSION... A NEAR PERSISTENCE FORECAST IS IN STORE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OF LATE...THE MIDSOUTH HAS REMAINED BETWEEN A PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER TX AND AN UPPER LOW OVER THE OH VALLEY...BROKEN OFF FROM THE WESTERLIES TO THE NORTH. LITTLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR IN THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH MIDWEEK. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OVER TX...INTO THE WESTERN OZARKS WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPETUS TO LIFT EAST...AS IT REMAINS TRAPPED UNDER A BROAD HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. AS SUCH...AREAS WEST OF THE MS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN. FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE U.S....AS A LONGWAVE TROF DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN CANADA. THE GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN DROPPING A SURFACE COLD FRONT INTO THE MIDSOUTH...THOUGH THE MODEL HAS VARIED ON FRONTAL TIMING. THE 00Z GFS DROPS THE FRONT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ABOUT 30 HOURS LATER THAN A COUPLE DAYS AGO. THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE MAY BE THE BEST BET FOR RAINFALL THE MIDSOUTH...GIVEN AMPLE PREFRONTAL MOISTURE AND STRONGER DYNAMICS ALOFT. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && MBS/PWB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 441 AM CDT MON JUN 25 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>092-261145- 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- 441 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED UNTIL A WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWB
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny to quarter size hail fell across the Forked Deer to Tibbs area. The hail severely damaged 400 acres of cotton.
Straight line winds knocked a few trees down at North Byhalia Road and Wolf River Boulevard.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding at White Station Road between Poplar Avenue and Park Avenue. Cars became stalled in the flood waters as a result.
Straight line winds knocked some trees and power lines down 1 mile north of the intersection of Highway 194 and Highway 64.
Straight line winds knocked a railroad crossing arm down on a power line at Poplar Avenue and Mendenhall Road. In addition, a power line was knocked down at Walnut Grove Road at Baptist East Hospital.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2007
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: 50833, 41745, 41761, 41746, 41747.