A warm front pushed north across the region and eventually stalled across northern sections of the Mid-South by the late afternoon on June 3, 2012. An upper level disturbance moving through triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms along the warm front and eventually formed a mesoscale convective system that pushed through during the evening hours of June 3, 2012.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A warm front pushed north across the region and eventually stalled across northern sections of the Mid-South by the late afternoon on June 3, 2012. An upper level disturbance moving through triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms along the warm front and eventually formed a mesoscale convective system that pushed through during the evening hours of June 3, 2012. There were reports of large hail.
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, 5:45 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 645 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012/ DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THROUGH TUESDAY. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE RAPID REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. MCV INDUCED OUTFLOWS AND THE SYNOPTIC WARM FRONT HAVE LED TO STRONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OVER THIS REGION WITH MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS BENEATH VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH EML. ALTHOUGH CAPPED...THIS HAS LED TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITH MLCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3500-4000 J/KG AND SBLI VALUES OF -10C. WITH BACKED FLOW NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...THE MAGNITUDE OF SHEAR IS GREATER NORTH BUT INSTABILITY IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER. APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WHERE INSTABILITY /UNCAPPED/ AND SHEAR ARE BEST JUXTAPOSED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH THE THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL INITIALLY... THEN BECOMING A DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH TIME AS STORMS CONGEAL INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS. THIS MCS WOULD THEN RAKE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH - NAMELY SERN MO/NERN AR/WRN TN/FAR NRN MS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RAISED POPS IN THESE AREAS TO 70 PCT. THE MCS MAY STILL BE ONGOING MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN AREAS. REMAINING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT TONIGHT/S CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION AMPLIFIES THE UNCERTAINTY FOR MONDAY. ATTM IT LOOKS LIKE RETURN FLOW BEHIND THE MORNING MCS SHOULD ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO RECOVER QUICKLY...WITH STRONG HEATING EXPECTED AND TEMPERATURES RISING BACK INTO THE 90S. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT IS PROBABLE THROUGH THE DAY ALONG ANY BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM TONIGHT AND NEAR THE SYNOPTIC FRONT IN THE PRESENCE OF 3000+ J/KG CAPE. WIND SHEAR AGAIN IS RATHER WEAK SO MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. A TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DIG DOWN THE EAST COAST...FORCING THE SYNOPTIC FRONT FURTHER SOUTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THUS...CONTINUED TO TAPER OFF POPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THIS TIME. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS REMAIN AT ODDS WITH HOW FAR SOUTH TO TAKE THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF IS THE ONLY REMAINING MODEL TO KEEP MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THIS TIME WITH THE NAM/DGEX/GFS/GEM ALL INDICATING A DRIER NORTHEAST FLOW. SEEMS THE CONSENSUS WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES WAS TO REMOVE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE LONG TERM BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE ECMWF PAN OUT...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR. A LARGE RIDGE LOOKS TO BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. FOR LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING TEMPERATURES THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY...HOWEVER BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE BY NEXT SUNDAY WITH LOWER 925 MB TEMPS ADVECTING WITH IT NORTHWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI. INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY. BORGHOFF && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE NUMEROUS TSRAS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR A WARM FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONGEAL INTO AN MCS THAT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING. ADDED TEMPOS FOR TSRAS AT ALL TAF SITES THIS EVENING. THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHAT HAPPENS LATER TONIGHT. RAPID UPDATE MODELS STILL SHOW REDEVELOPMENT STARTING AFT 04/08Z ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH DESPITE THE MCS MOVING THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR NOW KEPT THE TEMPOS IN PLACE AT ALL SITES FOR LATER TONIGHT. ATTM NOT CONFIDENT IN TSRA CHANCES OR TIMING DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY SO LEFT OUT MENTION FOR NOW THOUGH THIS WILL BE REVISITED. EXPECT GENERALLY VFR CONDS THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF TSRAS. LIGHT SOUTH OR VARIABLE WINDS OUTSIDE OF TSRAS OVERNIGHT BECOMING WSW AT 8-10 KTS AFT 04/13Z. SJM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 73 91 71 87 / 70 50 40 10 MKL 68 87 64 85 / 70 60 30 10 JBR 70 92 66 87 / 70 50 20 10 TUP 71 89 69 87 / 60 50 50 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 720 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-041200- 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- 720 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING...CONGEAL INTO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...AND PUSH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO...TO MEMPHIS...AND TUPELO ON MONDAY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. BORGHOFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
220 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
MSZ017-024-031945-
MONROE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-
220 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE AT 221 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA AND MONROE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3381 8823 3378 8824 3385 8860 3410 8837
3409 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 280DEG 21KT 3389 8834
RRHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 ALCORN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR GLEN AND CORINTH. POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR GLEN.
&&
MRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
359 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 ALCORN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR GLEN AND CORINTH. POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR GLEN.
0130 PM HAIL W GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 E0.50 INCH ALCORN MS AMATEUR RADIO
PEA TO 1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 72 WEST OF GLEN.
&&
MRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
658 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 ALCORN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR GLEN AND CORINTH. POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR GLEN.
0130 PM HAIL W GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 E0.50 INCH ALCORN MS AMATEUR RADIO
PEA TO 1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 72 WEST OF GLEN.
0650 PM HAIL 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E1.00 INCH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 45 JUST SOUTH OF
SELMER
0650 PM HAIL 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E1.00 INCH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 142 SOUTH OF SELMER
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E60.00 MPH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST 55 TO 60 MPH ON HWY 142 JUST SOUTH OF SELMER.
&&
MRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
734 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 ALCORN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR GLEN AND CORINTH. POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR GLEN.
0130 PM HAIL W GLEN 34.87N 88.50W
06/03/2012 E0.50 INCH ALCORN MS AMATEUR RADIO
PEA TO 1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 72 WEST OF GLEN.
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E60.00 MPH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST 55 TO 60 MPH ON HWY 142 JUST SOUTH OF SELMER.
0650 PM HAIL 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E1.00 INCH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 142 SOUTH OF SELMER
0650 PM HAIL 1 S SELMER 35.16N 88.59W
06/03/2012 E1.00 INCH MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 45 JUST SOUTH OF
SELMER
0712 PM HAIL SMITHVILLE 36.08N 91.30W
06/03/2012 E4.50 INCH LAWRENCE AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
41/2 INCH SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN SMITHVILLE.
0715 PM HAIL SMITHVILLE 36.08N 91.30W
06/03/2012 E1.25 INCH LAWRENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL JUST SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN HALF DOLLAR SIZE REPORTED
IN SMITHVILLE.
&&
MRMThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:05 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell in Hornersville about one quarter mile south of Highway Y.
Hail slightly larger than golf balls fell across parts of Southern Pemiscot County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 2012
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: 391448, 391699.