Below normal rainfall fell during the month of September across the Missouri Bootheel. The lack of rainfall expanded severe (D2) drought conditions into the Missouri Bootheel.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Below normal rainfall fell during the month of September across the Missouri Bootheel. The lack of rainfall expanded severe (D2) drought conditions into the Missouri Bootheel. The biggest impact from the drought was on agriculture as many crops suffered due to the lack of rainfall. Hydrological concerns also become an issue by the end of the month as many lake and river levels dropped.
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 Sep 7, 3:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 433 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON NORTHWARD SURGE OF MOISTURE FROM T.S. HERMINE AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AT 09Z WERE CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY...RANGING FROM THE MID 60S NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER TO THE UPPER 70S IN MEMPHIS. THIS IS A 15 TO 25 DEGREE DIFFERENCE. MOISTURE IS ALSO RAPIDLY ADVECTING NORTHWARD WITH DEW POINTS AROUND 60 NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTHWEST. IR IMAGERY SHOWS LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS ARKANSAS IN RESPONSE TO THE STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION. WHAT SHOULD BEGIN AS A MOSTLY SUNNY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST...WILL GIVE WAY TO OVERCAST CONDITIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL APPROACH THE CWA TODAY. THIS FRONT...IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION FOCUSED MOST OVER THE WESTERN CWA AS T.S. HERMINE TRACKS NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...SHOULD GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AGAIN THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS LOCATED OVER THE WEST. FURTHER EAST...RAIN CHANCES REMAIN BUT SHOULD BE ONLY ABOUT 30 PERCENT COVERAGE. POOR LAPSE RATES WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY TO ONLY A FEW HUNDRED JOULES OF SBCAPE SO DOWNPLAYED THE THUNDER THREAT SOME. TEMPERATURES WILL HEAT UP QUICKLY THIS MORNING BEFORE THE CLOUDS ROLL IN. MOS SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE CLOUDS...SO FOLLOWED GUIDANCE ON HIGHS TODAY CLOSELY. T.S. HERMINE SHOULD BYPASS THE CWA TO THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND THEN TO THE NORTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE BUILDS TO THE SOUTHWEST. AT THE CURRENT TIME...IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE LIMITED INFLUENCE ON THE MIDSOUTH EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SOME MODESTLY HIGHER POPS OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AS HERMINE PASSES BY ACROSS MISSOURI. A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT AHEAD OF THE BUILDING RIDGE MAY SPARK ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY NORTH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES...USING THE TERM LOOSELY...COOLER. THE COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND POOR LAPSE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE OVERALL THUNDER THREAT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MUGGY CONDITIONS. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WARM FRONT SURGES NORTH FRIDAY WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNING ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH. 925 MB TEMPS RISE TO ABOUT +26C FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SO HIGHS IN THE MID 90S LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET. VERY LITTLE FORCING ON FRIDAY WILL KEEP POPS LOW...AND THEY MAY BE REMOVED IN LATER FORECASTS. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SATURDAY...ALLOWING POPS TO BE INCREASED. THE FRONT CLEARS THE CWA SUNDAY WITH AN EASTERLY FLOW TO FOLLOW. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MODIFIED SOME...BUT THE REAL DIFFERENCE WILL BE DEW POINTS. THUS...REMOVED POPS BEYOND SUNDAY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. BORGHOFF && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A MAJORITY OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RETURNING MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER 07/21Z. WILL INCLUDE CB AT ALL TAF SITES AND INCLUDE VCTS IN AT MEM/JBR WHERE MOISTURE WILL BE DEEPEST. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 8-10 KTS AFTER 07/15Z. CJC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 93 75 89 74 / 50 20 30 20 MKL 91 71 87 67 / 30 30 30 10 JBR 88 70 87 69 / 50 30 30 20 TUP 94 73 92 71 / 20 20 30 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 508 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 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>092-081215- 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- 508 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BORGHOFF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) drought conditions expanded into Dunklin County.
Severe (D2) drought conditions expanded into Pemiscot County.
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, September 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: 259738, 259739.