Below normal rainfall continued during the month of December across the Missouri Bootheel. The lack of rainfall continued extreme (D3) drought conditions across the Missouri Bootheel.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Below normal rainfall continued during the month of December across the Missouri Bootheel. The lack of rainfall continued extreme (D3) drought conditions across the Missouri Bootheel. The biggest impact from the drought were hydrological concerns as many lake and river levels remained at low levels.
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 Nov 30, 11:26 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1126 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 936 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010/ UPDATE... UPDATED THE ZONE FORECASTS AND GRIDS TO MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. SATELLITE SHOWS LOW CLOUDS STEADILY CLEARING FROM THE WEST...AND SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TN RIVER BY 2 OR 3 AM. ADJUSTED THE SKY GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. A WESTERLY BREEZE OF 5 TO 15 MPH WAS PRODUCING WIND CHILL READINGS MAINLY IN THE 20S ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL REMAIN UP ENOUGH OVERNIGHT TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING TOO MUCH. JCL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010/ SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE MID SOUTH THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SKIES TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 20S AREA WIDE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER ANOTHER COOL DAY TOMORROW...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK TO NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A WEAK CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM TO MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER OTHER THAN TO SWITCH SURFACE WINDS BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AND LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY BY A FEW DEGREES. WARMER WEATHER CAN AGAIN BE ANTICIPATED ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT. A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS THE ARCTIC FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. LIMITED MOISTURE RETURN IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD LIMIT OVERALL AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND LIMIT SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. MODIFIED ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD INTO THE MID SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE STILL HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HANDLING SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY WHICH MOVES EAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM. THE LATEST MODELS KEEP THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BRANCHES OF THE JET UNPHASED. THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS AND CONSISTENCY HAS BEEN RATHER POOR LATELY WITH PLENTY OF MODEL AND RUN TO RUN DISCREPANCIES. THEREFORE CONFIDENCE MOVING INTO THE FAR REACHES OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST REMAINS QUITE LOW WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL WINTER PRECIPITATION CHANCES. AT THIS TIME...PLAN TO HEDGE THE FORECAST BY MAINTAINING A DRY FORECAST BUT KEEPING 14 POPS FOR TUESDAY ONWARD. THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE AS CONFIDENCE IN THE EXPECTED OVERALL PATTERN INCREASES. CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THOUGH WITH RESPECT TO EXPECTED BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. JLH && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE WEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. ARS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 30 46 34 57 / 0 0 0 0 MKL 26 44 26 55 / 0 0 0 10 JBR 27 45 29 52 / 0 0 0 0 TUP 28 48 27 57 / 0 0 0 0 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 325 PM CST TUE NOV 30 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>092-012330- 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- 325 PM CST TUE NOV 30 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JLH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the area.
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 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: 273665, 273666.