A lingering cold front over North Mississippi produced a few showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of July 10th, 2008. Some of the storms became severe and produced large hail and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A lingering cold front over North Mississippi produced a few showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of July 10th, 2008. Some of the storms became severe and produced large hail 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 Jul 10, 2:32 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 332 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE RANGING IN THE MID 70S WHERE RAIN AND CLOUD COVER HAS PERSISTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHERE SUNSHINE CONTINUES. CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY WILL DIE OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY STILL BE PRESENT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL TO THE LOWER 70S TONIGHT AS SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE AND PATCHY FOG DEVELOPS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. ONCE AGAIN THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS LOOKS TO BE ACROSS AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY. MOST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY SATURDAY BUT AS THE COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY ALLOWING THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND COMPLETELY EXIT THE MIDSOUTH BY SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRY AND MORE PLEASANT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S. MODELS AGREE IN BUILDING A STRONG UPPER RIDGE INTO THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THURSDAY KEEPING THE AREA DRY. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PUSH NORTHEAST ALLOWING A MORE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH BRINGING DEWPOINTS UP SLIGHTLY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 74 92 76 96 / 30 30 10 10 MKL 71 90 73 94 / 40 50 10 30 JBR 73 93 75 97 / 30 30 10 20 TUP 72 89 73 93 / 40 60 10 30 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && KNS/CCD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 424 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-111130- 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- 424 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 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 THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 220 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ARZ027-102000- POINSETT AR- 220 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... WESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALDENBURG AT 220 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. PEOPLE IN POINSETT COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 MSZ011-012-102015- PANOLA MS-QUITMAN MS- 245 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CROWDER AT 245 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH. PEOPLE IN PANOLA AND QUITMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BATESVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 251 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ARZ027-102030- POINSETT AR- 251 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 55 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HARRISBURG AT 251 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO DOWN SMALL TREES AND BREAK TREE BRANCHES. PEOPLE IN POINSETT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARRISBURG AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 256 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 TNZ089-090-102020- FAYETTE TN-HARDEMAN TN- 256 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 320 PM CDT FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... AT 254 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL SPIN UP CIRCULATIONS ALONG A GUST FRONT. THESE SPIN UP CIRCULATIONS MAY FOCUS GUST FRONT WINDS TO SPEEDS NEAR 50 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 MSZ020-102045- TALLAHATCHIE MS- 310 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PAYNES AT 310 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 316 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 MSZ013-021-102045- LAFAYETTE MS-YALOBUSHA MS- 316 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF WATER VALLEY AT 316 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WATER VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on Jim Warren Cove in Saltillo. As a result, the roof received damage from a fire that was initiated from the lightning strike.
Straight line winds blew trees down in Theo.
Lightning struck a building in Theo.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding at a low water crossing in Falkner. One and half to two feet of standing water covered the road as a result.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2008
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: 128159, 123539, 123540, 123541, 123542, 123543.