A line of showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in portions of West Tennessee on June 10th, 2013.
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A line of showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in portions of West Tennessee on June 10th, 2013.
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 10, 5:25 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 625 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013/ DISCUSSION... CLEAR SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES ARE NOTED ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE BROADER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LOCATIONS IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR EVEN A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ALL OF THE ACTIVITY SHIFTS INTO CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. ANY STORMS THAT DO MANAGE TO DEVELOP COULD QUICKLY BECOME STRONG...BUT AS WE REACH AND PASS PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING...AND THE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES EAST...THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WILL DIMINISH. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN STORY IN THE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR SOUTH. WEDNESDAY A RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTING IN NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. THE MAIN STORM TRACK WILL BE TO OUR NORTHEAST AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO HOLD ON ACROSS ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI. ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH WILL LIKELY SEE INCREASING CLOUD COVER THURSDAY RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH BY THURSDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE SIMILAR TO TEMPERATURES WE SAW BEHIND OUR LAST COLD FRONT...NOT MUCH COOLER. HOWEVER WE SHOULD SEE LOWER DEW POINTS AND CLEAR SKIES FOR A DAY OR TWO BEGINNING FRIDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS DRY WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS THE RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS RESTRENGTHENS THEN SHIFTS EAST TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY NEXT WEEK...GUIDANCE SHOWS THE RIDGE WEAKENING/SHIFTING BACK WEST RESULTING IN MORE PESKY NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...WILL ADVERTISE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL NOT ADVERTISE ANY HAZARDS IN THE HWO AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KNOTS BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. ARS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 72 94 76 94 / 0 0 0 10 MKL 68 92 72 93 / 10 0 0 10 JBR 67 94 73 94 / 0 0 0 10 TUP 69 94 72 95 / 0 0 0 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 323 PM CDT MON JUN 10 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>092-112230- 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- 323 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
509 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013
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0745 PM TSTM WND DMG JERICHO 35.29N 90.23W
06/05/2013 CRITTENDEN AR TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE PIVOT ON IRRIGATION SYSTEM BROKEN UP FROM HIGH
WINDS NEAR MILE MARKER 17 ON INTERSTATE 55.
0750 PM HAIL JERICHO 35.29N 90.23W
06/05/2013 M1.00 INCH CRITTENDEN AR TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN JERICHO.
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MRMThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Northern Henderson County. Numerous roads were flooded as a result including Palmer Road, Holmes Road, Rock Milam Road, Spencer Creek Road and Hamlett Road. One water rescue occurred as a result of the flooding.
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