An upper level disturbance moved through the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of June 19th, 2013. The combination of peak heating and the disturbance moving through produced a few showers and thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved through the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of June 19th, 2013. The combination of peak heating and the disturbance moving through produced a few showers and thunderstorms. A few storms became severe producing damaging winds and flash flooding.
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 19, 2:44 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 344 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 .DISCUSSION... RELATIVELY NORMAL EARLY/MID SUMMER WEATHER TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH LATE THURSDAY. 12Z NAM MODEL DEPICTS LITTLE TO NO NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FROM SOUTHERN KS INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT...IN THE WAKE OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING MCS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL TX. GFS FAILED TO INITIALIZE THIS MCS AND APPEARS A LITTLE NOISIER WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. FOR THE TONIGHT PERIOD... WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I40CORRIDOR. GIVEN THE WEAK SHEAR...SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LIMITED AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUBTROPICAL HEIGHT RIDGE OVER TX WILL EXTEND NORTHEAST INTO THE OZARKS BY FRIDAY. A WEAK...NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS OVER AL/GA WILL HELP ORGANIZE DIURNALLY ENHANCED THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW OF WHICH WILL LIKELY EXTEND INTO NORTHEAST MS. RAIN CHANCES WILL LOWER DEEPER INTO THE RIDGE OVER EASTERN AR. FOR THE WEEKEND PERIODS...GFS AND ECMWF MODELS INDICATE THE UPPER LOW WILL WEAKEN...BUT LIKELY NOT SUFFICIENTLY SO TO PRECLUDE MENTIONABLE DAYTIME RAIN CHANCES EAST OF THE MS RIVER. EARLY NEXT WEEK RAIN CHANCES WILL BE DIURNALLY ENHANCED...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL AVERAGE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE. PWB && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOME FOG MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE KMKL AREA WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO MVFR LEVELS. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. ARS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 71 93 73 91 / 10 10 20 10 MKL 63 89 65 91 / 10 20 20 10 JBR 69 91 70 92 / 20 20 10 10 TUP 67 91 68 91 / 0 10 20 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 305 AM CDT WED JUN 19 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>092-201015- 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- 305 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAB
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked four power poles down near the intersection of Macon Road and Berryhill Road. Several trees and fences were also knocked down in the area. Tree branches were knocked down as far west as the intersection of Germantown Road and Macon Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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