A cold front moved south into the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of June 16th, 2010. By the afternoon of June 17th, the front began lifting back north as a warm front.
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A cold front moved south into the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of June 16th, 2010. By the afternoon of June 17th, the front began lifting back north as a warm front. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed. Some of these storms became severe producing 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 Jun 17, 11:22 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1222 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 .UPDATE... /ISSUED 1028 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010/ 14Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR THE TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY BORDER. MEANWHILE...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILERS/REGIONAL WSR-88D RADAR TRENDS INDICATE A COUPLE OF CONVECTIVE BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX CENTERED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING AND MOVING TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS OF 9 AM CDT TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE MID 80S APPROACHING 90 DEGREES. LATEST SHORT TERM TRENDS SUGGEST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER EAST CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MAY CLIP PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE...ESPECIALLY AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF JACKSON TN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODIFIED SURFACE BASED PARCELS (92-95/72) YIELD SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES AT OR ABOVE 2500-3000 J/KG...LIS BETWEEN -5 TO -7 AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES. DAMAGING WINDS IS THE PREDOMINANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS FREEZING LEVELS REMAIN QUITE HIGH. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS RELATIVELY WEAK. BELIEVE THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE MODE WILL BE PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO BECOME SEMI- ORGANIZED/CLUSTER TOWARDS THE TN/KY BORDER WHERE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR IS WEAK BUT SUPPORTIVE OF SOME ORGANIZATION. /AROUND 25 KTS/ AREAS SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WILL LIKELY SEE ANY CONVECTION ISOLATED IN COVERAGE. WILL UPDATE GRIDS TO ADJUST POPS/TEMPERATURES BASED ON LATEST SHORT TERM TRENDS. UPDATED GRIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY. CJC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 251 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010/ SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80. FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AT THIS TIME WHICH MAY DROP INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS MORNING. WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CLOSE TO THE REGION SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM LATER TODAY. SPC HAS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. BY TONIGHT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD LIFT NORTH OF THE REGION WITH ONLY SOME ISOLATED EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS A RESULT...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BY MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN. THIS WILL KEEP THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION WITH HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 105 DEGREES AT TIMES. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH BUT A AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CAN'T BE RULED OUT. ARS && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE (17/18Z-18/18Z) A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND NE-SW ACROSS NORTHWEST TN THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSRAS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK / DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. THUS THINK THE BEST TAF SITE FOR TSRA THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO BE KMKL AND WILL LEAVE IN THE TEMPO GROUP. ELSEWHERE VCTS STILL LOOKS GOOD. CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SEVERE WIND GUST FROM A TSRA ESPECIALLY AT KMKL. OUTSIDE SHRAS AND TSRAS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT MAINLY AFFECTING KMKL WHERE IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR 18/08Z-18/12Z. MVFR CONDITIONS IN FOG MENTIONED AT KTUP 18/10Z-18/12Z. JCL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 77 96 77 97 / 20 20 20 20 MKL 71 94 72 95 / 20 20 20 20 JBR 75 96 75 98 / 20 20 20 20 TUP 74 95 74 97 / 20 20 20 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1121 AM CDT THU JUN 17 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>092-181015- 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- 1121 AM CDT THU JUN 17 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO JACKSON AND SAVANNAH TENNESSEE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECOME SEVERE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL BUILD OVER THE MIDSOUTH BY THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR PART OF THE AREA AS EARLY AS FRIDAY...AND MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS WEEKEND INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX READINGS MAY CLIMB CLOSE TO 110 DEGREES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 100 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ARZ036-TNZ088-171845- CRITTENDEN AR-SHELBY TN- 100 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR... EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER WEST MEMPHIS AT 100 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MARION...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS AND WEST MEMPHIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES LAKE MCKELLAR.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines across the Sunset area and the northern part of Marion.
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