Afternoon heating triggered isolated showers and thunderstorms across Northeast Mississippi. One of the storms became severe with damaging winds in the Saltillo Mississippi area.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Afternoon heating triggered isolated showers and thunderstorms across Northeast Mississippi. One of the storms became severe with damaging winds in the Saltillo Mississippi area.
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 25, 1:46 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS DYING OUT AS IT MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA BUT ADDITIONAL ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE MARKED BY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AS GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH. BY FRIDAY EVENING A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION AND ENHANCE THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE FRONT WILL ONLY MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND SO THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL HANG UP JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY SO THERE WILL REMAIN A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. BY MONDAY NIGHT...THE FRONT WILL HAVE WEAKENED ENOUGH THAT THE THREAT OF RAIN SHOULD END. THE FRONT MAY MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY BUT IT APPEARS THAT IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 73 90 74 91 / 20 30 20 30 MKL 70 90 71 89 / 20 20 20 40 JBR 72 92 71 92 / 20 20 20 30 TUP 71 89 70 88 / 20 40 30 40 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 436 AM CDT WED JUN 25 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>092-261100- 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- 436 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 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 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 516 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 MSZ016-252300- LEE MS- 516 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF TUPELO AT 516 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 8 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BALDWYN AND TUPELO...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees in Saltillo.
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