The first heat wave of the summer season arrived in the Mid-South during the beginning part of June. High temperatures reached into the mid to upper 90s while heat index reached between 105 to 109 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 heat wave of the summer season arrived in the Mid-South during the beginning part of June. High temperatures reached into the mid to upper 90s while heat index reached between 105 to 109 degrees. Warm temperatures continued into the middle of June. At least four heat-related deaths occurred across the area during the month of June.
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 3, 5:25 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 625 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011/ DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...592DM UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED NEAR MEMPHIS THIS MORNING. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE BOOTHEEL AND WEST TN. TEMPS ARE RUNNING 2 TO 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDING WILL REMAIN OVER THE MIDSOUTH FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK AND POSSIBLY LONGER. THIS WILL KEEP HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES APPEAR MINIMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A STRAY THUNDERSTORM BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. NOT WORTH MENTIONING IN THE FORECAST AT THIS POINT. THE BIG CONCERN ARE TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES. 925 MB TEMPS RANGE FROM 27-29C FOR THE NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN TEMPS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 90S TO PERHAPS 100 DEGREES AT A FEW LOCATIONS. THIS IS NEAR RECORD OR RECORD HEAT FOR EARLY JUNE. THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY AT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL IS 97 DEGREES. JUNE 6TH (MONDAY) REPRESENTS THE EARLIEST 100 DEGREE HIGH EVER RECORDED AT MEMPHIS. MOS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO MIX DEWPOINTS DOWN INTO THE UPPER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. AS A RESULT EXPECT CONDITIONS TODAY TO BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN YESTERDAY BUT JUST BELOW THE 105 DEGREE THRESHOLD NEEDED FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. THERE IS POTENTIAL TO REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS MIX AND WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE HWO. SJM && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE MAINLY VFR CONDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. PLACED FIRST HOUR TEMPO MVFR FOG AS IT LIFTS AT KMKL AND KTUP. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VARIABLE BY SUNSET...WITH CLEARING SKIES. JAB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 98 76 99 76 / 10 10 10 10 MKL 96 70 97 70 / 10 10 10 10 JBR 97 73 98 73 / 10 10 10 10 TUP 98 73 98 73 / 10 10 10 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 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>092-041100- 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- 350 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAT INDICES MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SJM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Three deaths occurred in the Memphis area as a result of the heat.
One death occurred in Brighton as a result of the heat.
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 | 2011-06-07 | 60 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Shelby | 2011-06-14 | 62 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Shelby | 2011-06-06 | 75 | Female | Permanent Structure | Direct |
| Heat, Tipton | 2011-06-07 | 60 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 321439, 321440.