The first warm spell of the summer occurred in early June and brought temperatures into the lower 90s for highs. The combination of highs in the lower 90s and high humidity produced heat indices around 100 degrees.
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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.
The first warm spell of the summer occurred in early June and brought temperatures into the lower 90s for highs. The combination of highs in the lower 90s and high humidity produced heat indices around 100 degrees. One heat related death occurred as a result.
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 1, 5:34 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 634 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR AVIATION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 527 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010/ DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILER TRENDS THIS MORNING INDICATE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS IS PRODUCING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ELEVATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AS OF FORECAST ISSUANCE. AS OF 4 AM CDT...TEMPERATURES ARE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. CONVECTIVE CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST REMAIN THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTERACTS WITH A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. SHORT TERM MODEL TRENDS INDICATE BEST CHANCES FOR PULSE TYPE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WITH LOWER CHANCES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA AS ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WEAKLY CAPPED AT BEST. NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN WEAK AT OR BELOW 6 C/KM. HOWEVER...WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AS SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 2600 J/KG...LI/S AROUND -6 AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.7 INCHES. ALSO...PATCHY FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING. NOT MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL PATTERN ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING. NAM/GFS/ECMWF INDICATE A LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PRODUCING BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER LEVEL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE WEAK SIDE AND OVERALL THINK CONVECTIVE MODE WILL BE PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...ECMWF/GFS LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY IN SOLUTIONS WITH THE STRENGTH OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE TIMING/PLACEMENT OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AS A RESULT...KEPT POPS ON THE LOW SIDE DUE TO LOWER CONFIDENCE IN ANY PARTICULAR SOLUTION. CJC && .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH SURFACE HUMIDITIES WERE CREATING OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS AT KMKL AND OTHER SMALLER NON TAF SITES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. THIS GROUND/RADIATIONAL FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY 15Z... WITH SCATTERED CB CLOUDS A GOOD BET BY 18Z... SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. BEST COVERAGE OF TSRA LIKELY TO BE OVER NORTHEAST MS... NEAREST TO KTUP. WILL CONTINUE THE VCTS MENTION THERE AND LEAVE CB ELSEWHERE WHERE CONFIDENCE IS LOWER. SIMILAR CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT... WITH KMKL THE MOST LIKELY TO FALL TO LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO RADIATIONAL FOG AFTER 06Z OR SO. PWB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 92 73 92 73 / 20 10 20 10 MKL 89 69 91 69 / 20 10 20 10 JBR 91 70 92 71 / 20 10 20 20 TUP 89 69 92 69 / 30 10 20 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 532 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 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>092-021200- 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- 532 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP TODAY WITH WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS INTERACTS WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The first warm spell of the season caused the first heat related death of the year. One injury occurred as well when a baby was left in a vehicle.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Shelby | 2010-06-02 | 47 | Female | Permanent Home | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2010
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