A cold front moved into Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 26th, 2007. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.
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A cold front moved into Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 26th, 2007. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front. Some of the thunderstorms moved into West Tennessee and produced 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 Sep 26, 1:41 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 241 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 .DISCUSSION... PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GOES VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WERE BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE MIDSOUTH. THESE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A JET MAX OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT HAD ARRIVED AS DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WAS RAISING MIXED LAYER CAPES TO 1000 TO 1500 J/KG OVER THE MIDSOUTH. A SURFACE COLD FRONT REMAINED ILL DEFINED ACROSS THE OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS BASICALLY STATIONARY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD FORMED ALONG THE FRONT OVER EASTERN OK HAD LIFTED OFF THE FRONT INTO WESTERN AR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WAS WELL VENTILATED ALOFT AND SHOULD SUSTAIN ITSELF AS IT APPROACHES THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH OVER THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE EVENING... AS THE LOWER LEVELS BECOME LESS UNSTABLE...BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN SOME FORM ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH BY 12Z THURSDAY. GOES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED THIS FEATURE DROPPING INTO WESTERN KS AT DISCUSSION TIME...AND THIS FEATURE SHOULD EJECT THE AR SHORTWAVE EAST TONIGHT. EXPECT MOST OF THE STORM ACTIVITY OVER AR THIS EVENING TO BE EAST OF THE MS RIVER BY SUNRISE...WITH ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO LIFT EAST/SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING. DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR OVER THE CENTRAL MS VALLEY WILL FINALLY BEGIN DROPPING SOUTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...AS DRY MID LEVEL AIR ALSO PARTIALLY MIXING DOWN. FRIDAY SHOULD HOLD SUNNY SKIES FOR THE MIDSOUTH WITH NOTICEABLY LOWER HUMIDITY. THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK PERIODS SHOULD SEE CONTINUED FAIR WEATHER. TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL...GIVEN THE STRONGER THAN TYPICAL UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER MAY BE IN STORE FOR THE MIDSOUTH IN THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK...AS THE UPPER RIDGE IS PUSHED EAST. PWB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 69 84 61 85 / 60 40 0 0 MKL 65 84 53 82 / 60 40 0 0 JBR 66 83 53 84 / 60 20 0 0 TUP 65 84 60 85 / 40 40 10 0 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 250 PM CDT WED SEP 26 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>092-271100- 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- 250 PM CDT WED SEP 26 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MIDSOUTH. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 243 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 TNZ048-049-262015- LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN- 243 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM FT PILLOW TO 6 MILES WEST OF MUNFORD AT 243 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY ACROSS AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COVINGTON AND RIPLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down on Gilt Edge Road, 3 miles north-northwest of Munford, from straight line winds.
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