A few thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening during peak heating across Northeast Mississippi. One storm became severe producing damaging winds.
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A few thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening during peak heating across Northeast Mississippi. One storm became severe producing 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 16, 2:18 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .DISCUSSION... WET PATTERN SETTING OVER THE MIDSOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A COLD FRONT AND SEVERAL SHORTWAVES MOVE INTO THE REGION. TONIGHT...VERY LOW CONFIDENCE ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS MODELS DID NOT INITIALIZE VERY WELL. ABUNDANCE OF CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION HAS KEPT THE ATMOSPHERE MORE STABLE THAN WHAT THE MODELS WERE INDICATING. THUS THE NAM AND RAP MODELS SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF PEAK HEATING AND THE EXPECTED UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT LEAST SO FAR. HOWEVER...WITHIN THE LAST 45 MINUTES A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER PANOLA COUNTY. THE NAM AND RAP SHOWED WHATEVER ACTIVITY DEVELOPED DYING OUT AFTER SUNSET. MEANWHILE...OTHER MODELS LIKE THE HRRR SHOWED DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH IS DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. BEGINNING TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OCCUR ALONG THE BOUNDARY BUT NOTHING AHEAD OF IT YET OTHER THAN A FEW SHOWERS. THE HRRR BRINGS THE ACTIVITY INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING AND THEN DISSIPATES IT BY MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWED LITTLE ACTIVITY OCCURRING THIS EVENING. IN FACT...THE ECMWF SHOWED LITTLE ACTIVITY THE ENTIRE NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE GFS AND THE NAM BOTH SHOW REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY DUE TO A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET. WITH SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF SCENARIOS...HAVE KEPT 40 POPS ACROSS FROM THE TENNESSEE/MISSISSIPPI LINE NORTHWARD MAINLY DUE TO THE CONVECTION YOU SEE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THINK THIS CONVECTION WILL PUSH DOWN INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. MAY ALSO SEE A FEW MORE POP UP DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. DON/T KNOW IF ANY STORM WILL BE SEVERE BUT WILL KEEP THE STRONG TO SEVERE WORDING IN THE HWO FOR NOW. LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. MONDAY...A STRONGER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH INTO THE CWA. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO SHOULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA. CLOUD COVER MAY AFFECT INSTABILITY LIKE IT DID TODAY BUT CAN/T RULE OUT A FEW STORMS BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE. ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL UNDERNEATH SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY BE A BIGGEST ISSUE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR TOMORROW. THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTHWARD. HIGHS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER AND AMOUNT OF CONVECTION AROUND. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY....THE GFS SLIDES THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE CWA WHILE THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO HOLD THE FRONT UP OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR SOLUTIONS AND ITS REALLY ANYBODY/S GUESS WHICH IS CORRECT. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST WHICH LEANS TOWARD THE GFS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO START MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME DIURNAL CONVECTION COULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. NEXT WEEKEND...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE MIDSOUTH. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 70S. KRM && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. TIMING OF TSRAS CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE. SURFACE HEATING COMBINED WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL RESULT IN ISOLD/SCT COVERAGE SO VCTS LOOKS GOOD FROM 16/21Z-17/01Z. OVERNIGHT IS A QUESTION MARK. MODELS DIFFER ON DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT BUT SINCE THE NEXT DISTURBANCE MOVES IN LATER ON MONDAY DECIDED TO JUST GO WITH VCSH OVERNIGHT AND INTRODUCE A VCTS BY 17/15Z. TSRA COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AFTER THE END OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE S/SW. SJM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 75 86 71 86 / 40 70 80 40 MKL 71 85 69 85 / 40 70 80 30 JBR 72 85 69 87 / 40 70 40 10 TUP 71 88 72 84 / 30 70 70 60 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171100- 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- 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE MIDSOUTH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. JCL
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked several trees down along County Road 231, northwest of Iuka.
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