A cold front moved into the Mid-South during the morning hours of July 16th, 2010. The front continued to push southeast through the morning hours of July 17th.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A cold front moved into the Mid-South during the morning hours of July 16th, 2010. The front continued to push southeast through the morning hours of July 17th. Showers and thunderstorms develop along and ahead of the front. Some storms became severe producing large hail, damaging winds, 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 16, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 423 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILER TRENDS DEPICT AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS LOCATED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS ALL BUT NONEXISTENT AS OF 4 PM CDT FORECAST ISSUANCE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S WHERE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS COOLED THE ATMOSPHERE AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE REMAINED DRY THUS FAR. CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND HEAT ADVISORY POTENTIAL ARE THE PREDOMINANT CONCERNS IN THIS AFTERNOON/S FORECAST PACKAGE. .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...CANCELLED HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS AREAS ALONG/SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI BORDER AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COOLED TEMPERATURES AND THUS REDUCED HEAT INDICIES. AREAS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAT INDICIES AROUND 105 DEGREES BUT SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH ON/AFTER MID EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING FROM PULSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WET MICROBURSTS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN QUITE HIGH ABOVE 2 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS A VERY WARM...MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THINK OVERALL CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE EACH DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY BUILDS IN ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM AT NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 70S TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE RIVER WHILE READINGS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. THE HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES MAY NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. EVENING/MIDNIGHT SHIFTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HEAT TRENDS AND ADJUST FORECAST TRENDS AS NEEDED. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...12Z ECMWF/GFS LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A WARM...MOIST...AND HUMID AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE LONG TERM FORECAST. INCLUDED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AS ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE. BEYOND TUESDAY...A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RESULT IN MAINLY RAIN FREE CONDITIONS AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES. HEAT HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM FORECAST. CJC && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE COVERAGE LIMITED MAINLY TO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THUS FAR. BASED ON LATEST SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS...THINK BEST COVERAGE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TUP AND WILL CARRY A TEMPO GROUP BETWEEN 18-20Z. AT MEM/MKL/JBR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM INITIATION MAY BE DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2 TO 3 HOURS FROM SUBSIDENCE UPSTREAM OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AT MEM/MKL/JBR WILL CARRY CB AT THESE LOCATIONS AND VCTS AFTER 21Z AT MEM/MKL. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT AT TAF SITES FOR A MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD. MVFR VISIBILITIES MAY DEVELOP AT MKL/JBR/TUP AFTER 17/09Z. CJC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 77 95 78 96 / 20 30 10 10 MKL 72 92 73 93 / 20 30 10 20 JBR 75 94 76 96 / 20 20 10 10 TUP 74 91 75 92 / 30 50 20 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 345 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171145- 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- 345 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO BOONEVILLE MISSISSIPPI LINE. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON SATURDAY...AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS CLIMBING TO BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN A FEW LOCATIONS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TO MARIANNA ARKANSAS LINE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 10 PM TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 421 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 TNZ004-162200- HENRY TN- 421 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR... CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER PARIS AT 421 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN HENRY COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR PARIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
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</html>The Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Jonesboro. Washington Avenue was covered by a foot of water near the police station in town.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Helena-West Helena. As a result, ditches overflowed flooding many streets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2010
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: 249127, 249129.