Daytime heating produced scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms June 28, 2007. Some of the thunderstorms produced dangerous lightning.
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Daytime heating produced scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms June 28, 2007. 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 Jun 28, 1:02 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 202 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WAS SLOWLY MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT. SCATTERED AIR MASS THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN PROGRESS OVER THE MID SOUTH. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING. AM CONTINUING RAIN CHANCES OVERNIGHT MAINLY DUE TO THE SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY. CHANCES MAY BE SLIGHTLY BETTER ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST REGION AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE SAGS TOWARDS THE AREA. THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE FORECAST IS THAT RAIN CHANCES HAVE NOW BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BOTH 06Z AND 12Z RUNS OF THE NAM/GFS HAVE SHOWN APPRECIABLE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SHORTWAVE CONTINUING TO LINGER OVER THE REGION. IN PREVIOUS RUNS THE UPPER TROUGH AND THE ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WERE CLEARING THE REGION FASTER. RAIN CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE BEST DURING THE AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH CAN NOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT CHANCES AT NIGHT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAIN MARGINAL THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40-50MPH LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE UPPER JET WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA AND THERMAL PROFILE IS SO WARM THAT THERE IS LITTLE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. THE GFS SHOWS THE TROUGH SAGGING JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY. IF THIS HAPPENS THEN DRY FORECAST SHOULD RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK AND LINGER INTO AT LEAST MID TO LATE WEEK WHEN ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM EVEN BEHIND THE FRONT. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && VALLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 302 AM CDT THU JUN 28 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>092-291015- 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- 302 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 502 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 TNZ049-088-282215- SHELBY TN-TIPTON TN- 502 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF MUNFORD AT 502 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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 SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MILLINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in the Abbington Wood Subdivision in Bartlett. The lightning strike produced a fire in the home causing severe damage. No injuries occurred.
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