A stationary front was located across the Mid-South on June 24th, 2011. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.
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A stationary front was located across the Mid-South on June 24th, 2011. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front. Some storms became severe producing large hail and 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 24, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1257 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR AVIATION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1028 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011/ UPDATE... UPDATED FOR POPS...WEATHER...AND SKY GRIDS. DISCUSSION... A COMPLEX OF ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. LOOKS AS IF THIS COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH FURTHER SOUTH AND COULD REACH MEMPHIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...DAYTIME HEATING INDUCED CONVECTION COULD INITIATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS MENTIONED BELOW IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. INCREASED POPS FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE. CDG PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 649 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011/ AT 4 AM...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO THE UPPER 70S. A FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS THE REGION...LEADING TO COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. WEATHER ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH WAS CALM...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED UPSTREAM ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST...HOWEVER THE DRIER AIR BEHIND THE STALLED FRONT IS HINDERING THESE STORMS FROM MOVING INTO THE MIDSOUTH. OVERALL...MODELS HAVE BECOME MORE PESSIMISTIC WITH RESPECT TO RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE...I HAVE GENERALLY LOWERED CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION AND RAISED TEMPERATURES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGES DUE TO THE LOWER RAIN CHANCES. TODAY...STORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. NOT EXPECTING ANY TORNADOES DUE TO WEAK WIND SHEAR. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AS WARM FRONT LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL SHIFT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER NORTH FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE REGION AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE MIDSOUTH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FRONT...CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LOWER AND TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHER. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS TEXAS...WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO HEAT UP ACROSS THE REGION. BY MONDAY...THE CHANCES FOR RAIN ACROSS ANY PORTION OF THE REGION WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA...105 DEGREES...BY SUNDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY...AND HEAT ADVISORIES COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY. RRH/PWB && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF SET ISOLATED SHRAS/TSRAS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT SOUTH OF A STALLED BOUNDARY DRAPED ROUGHLY ACROSS INTERSTATE 40. WEAKENING MCS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST POSSIBLY INTERACTING WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY. PLACED A TEMPO FOR TSRA AT KJBR FROM 2-4PM AND AT KMKL FROM 3-6PM. KEPT TSRA MENTION OUT OF KTUP FOR NOW DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN COVERAGE OF THE DEVELOPING TSRAS. LEFT VCTS MENTION FOR NOW. FOR KMEM...KEPT ANY TS MENTION OUT FOR NOW AS IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE DECAYING MCS ACTIVITY SHOULD MISS THE TERMINAL TO THE NORTH. INSTEAD...LEFT IN A TEMPO SHRA WITH CB MENTION. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY HOWEVER AS ISOLATED TSRAS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE STALLED FRONT. PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AT KMEM AND KMKL WITH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT. AS ACTIVITY WANES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BEFORE RETURNING TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARD DAYBREAK TOMORROW AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. CCD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 92 74 94 76 / 40 10 30 10 MKL 91 71 89 72 / 30 30 30 20 JBR 92 73 94 74 / 60 20 20 20 TUP 92 71 93 73 / 20 10 30 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 417 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-251130- 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- 417 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. RRH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1248 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 MSZ007-011-012-241830- TUNICA MS-PANOLA MS-QUITMAN MS- 1248 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER PLEASANT GROVE AT 1248 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN PANOLA...QUITMAN AND TUNICA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BATESVILLE AND JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3456 8971 3420 8988 3425 9039 3456 9038 TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 288DEG 20KT 3442 9008
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down trees near Fulton.
Straight line winds knocked down trees in the Tupelo area. Several trees were knocked down in Tombigbee State Park, east of Tupelo as well.
Straight line winds knocked down several trees approximately six miles west of Sherman.
Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Clarksdale.
Straight line winds knocked down trees in Charleston.
Straight line winds knocked down several trees in Prairie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2011
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: 327942, 327948, 327952, 327958, 327962, 327965, 327969.