Hail in Mississippi, June 14, 2008

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON PLACES A WEAKLY
DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.
REGIONAL WSR-88D RADAR TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE INDICATED THE
MAJORITY OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OCCURRING PRIMARILY ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 80S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WHICH HAS
BEEN RELATIVELY RAIN FREE FOR THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE
TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. MAIN CONCERNS
IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE ARE FOG POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND CONVECTIVE
CHANCES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE.

WATER VAPOR SATELLITE TRENDS/UPPER AIR PROFILERS INDICATE MID
LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL DEPART THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY
THIS EVENING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE MID SOUTH THIS
EVENING. FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THOUGH
CHANCES WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND
THE DEPARTING LIFTING MECHANISM. CLEARING SKIES...DECOUPLING
WINDS...AND RAINFALL FROM TODAY AND LAST NIGHT WILL BE VERY
FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF FOG...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR CURRENT DEWPOINTS. EVENING SHIFT WILL
MONITOR TRENDS FOR ANY ADVISORY POTENTIAL.

WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BRING SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. THE
RIDGING WILL QUICKLY BREAK DOWN AS SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE A
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING UPSTREAM ACROSS MISSOURI AND
DROPPING SOUTH/SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY. CURRENT MODEL TRENDS KEEP A MAJORITY OF THE
CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH AREAS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER SEEING THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE
WEATHER...PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

BEYOND MONDAY LONG TERM MODELS INDICATE AN UNSETTLED PATTERN
ACROSS THE REGION AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY STALLS OUT DOWNSTREAM OF
THE FORECAST AREA GRADUALLY LIFTS NORTH INTO THE MID SOUTH BY THE
END OF THE PERIOD. AS A RESULT...KEPT LOW END POPS GOING THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.

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.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

MSZ022-141815-
CALHOUN MS-
1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHOUN CITY AT 1230 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 14 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 CALHOUN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
319 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

MSZ024-142100-
MONROE MS-
319 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...

  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF NETTLETON AT 319 PM CDT...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 11 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 MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AMORY AND
NETTLETON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W LATHAM              36.43N 88.75W
06/13/2008                   WEAKLEY            TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON REED ROAD.

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE LATHAM            36.49N 88.69W
06/13/2008                   WEAKLEY            TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON AUSTIN SPRINGS ROAD.

0740 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 W CARUTHERSVILLE      36.18N 89.70W
06/13/2008                   PEMISCOT           MO   PUBLIC

            WINDS BLEW PART OF THE ROOF OFF OF RADIO STATION KCRV IN
            CARUTHERSVILLE. POWER IS OUT IN PART OF THE AREA. A FEW
            TREES DOWN IN CARUTHERSVILL AS WELL.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PIGGOTT                 36.38N 90.20W
06/13/2008                   CLAY               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIDE STREETS FLOODED IN PIGGOTT.

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UNION CITY              36.42N 89.05W
06/13/2008                   OBION              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN UNION CITY.

0850 PM     HAIL             COTTAGE GROVE           36.38N 88.48W
06/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       HENRY              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN COTTAGE GROVE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED
            AT 45 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COTTAGE GROVE.

0850 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W DYER                36.07N 89.08W
06/13/2008                   GIBSON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN DYER AND YORKVILLE.

0902 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRENTON                 35.97N 88.94W
06/13/2008                   GIBSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 BIG TREES DOWN BLOCKING CHRISTMASVILLE ROAD IN TRENTON.

0905 PM     HAIL             2 N PARIS               36.33N 88.31W
06/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       HENRY              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF PARIS.

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