Showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours of March 28, 2007|produced numerous lightning strikes over portions of West Tennessee. One lightning strike caused a structure fire.
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Showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours of March 28, 2007|produced numerous lightning strikes over portions of West Tennessee. One lightning strike caused a structure fire.
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 Mar 28, 3:26 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 426 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR WIND PROFILERS PLACE A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING. WSR-88D RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA HAVE REMAINED PRIMARILY IN THE 60S. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST PACKAGE. TODAY AND TONIGHT...MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL BEGIN TO DEPART THE MID SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH BEST LIFT DEPARTING THE FORECAST AREA. SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE ANALYSIS PRODUCES AROUND 600-700 J/KG SURFACE BASED CAPE AND LI/S AROUND -4. HOWEVER...700-500 MB LAYER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE ANTICIPATED TO DROP TO AT OR BELOW 6 C/KM BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THINK ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE POTENTIAL. DECIDED TO GO WITH SCATTERED/NUMEROUS POPS THIS MORNING BASED ON RADAR/SHORT TERM TRENDS BUT THINK THAT CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE ESPECIALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT RESULTING IN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN BACK TO THE MID SOUTH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT BRIEFLY DROPS INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND LIFTS BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. INSTABILITY AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE DECENT WITH CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG AND LI/S APPROACHING -5 BUT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE SOMEWHAT WEAK WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LOW END POPS (20-30 PERCENT) THROUGH THE PERIOD. .LONG RANGE...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE LONGWAVE TROUGH EJECTING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT ENTERS THE MIDDLE/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. THE OPERATIONAL GFS CONTINUES TO BE QUICKER THAN CANADIAN/ECMWF/GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND ADJUSTED FORECAST FOR BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 18Z SATURDAY AND 06Z SUNDAY. WILL NOT MENTION SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THIS TIME FRAME AS POTENTIAL ONGOING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY LIMIT OVERALL INSTABILITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK IN BY LATE SUNDAY BUT QUICKLY REPLACED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT BY LATE TUESDAY. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 433 AM CDT WED MAR 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>092-291100- 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- 433 AM CDT WED MAR 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:03 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused a chemical fire to start at the Helena Chemical Plant in Humboldt. The chemical fire destroyed the plant. About 400 to 500 employees of nearby plants as well as some 100 nearby residents were evacuated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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