A weak cold front and upper level disturbance moved from the Ozarks into the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of June 12, 2014. these features interacted with a moist and unstable airmass across much of the Mid-South.
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A weak cold front and upper level disturbance moved from the Ozarks into the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of June 12, 2014. these features interacted with a moist and unstable airmass across much of the Mid-South. As a result a line of showers and thunderstorms erupted across Eastern Arkansas and progressed southeast through Southwest Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. Several storms were severe with large hail and damaging winds. Isolated flash flooding also occurred across Northeast Arkansas.
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 12, 1:56 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 256 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 .DISCUSSION... NEXT 36 HOURS...CURRENT AIRMASS CONTINUES TO GET MORE UNSTABLE AHEAD OF UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE/WEAK SFC FRONT IN THE OZARKS. LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWING A TONGUE OF 2500 J/KG OF CAP EXTENDING INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS. ON RADAR LEADING EDGE OF SHORTWAVE LIFT NOW ENTERING RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES WITH THE ACTIVITY PULSING TO SEVERE LIMITS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODEL INITIALIZATION HAS BEEN ON THE SLOW SIDE WITH THE APPROACHING WAVE AND LEADING EDGE OF STORMS...SO HAVE SPED UP THE ONSET AND EXIT OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER...IT STILL APPEARS THAT EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL STILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...FROM NOW THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. STORMS IN THIS REGION AND DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE DISCRETE IN NATURE. ANY ORGANIZATION OF CONVECTION IS SKETCHY AS MIDLEVEL WINDS ARE BODERLINE...25 TO 30 KTS. THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH MAY SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE WAVE AND FRONT PASS THROUGH. PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT THE MIDSOUTH LATE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH AND WEST...AND BELIEVE BY NOON OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT WILL BECOME GUSTY BY MIDDAY TOMORROW...USHERING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF LOWER AND MORE COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY. SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER EXPECTED GOOD RADITIONAL CONDITIONS. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THIS PERIOD THAT UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE NATION. A STRONGER CAP WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION DESPITE THE RETURN OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS TO THE AREA. HAVE LEFT RAIN CHANCES AROUND 10 PERCENT EACH DAY...AS A BRIEF/STRAY SHOWER OR WEAK STORM COULD FORM. AFTER A SLIGHTLY COOLER START ON SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S BY SUNDAY...WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE GFS AND EURO DIFFER WIDELY ON WHETHER THE EASTERN RIDGE PROGRESSES OR NOT. THE GFS SWINGS THE EXPECTED TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES DURING THE PERIOD...YIELDING A RETURN TO A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW...APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND A MARKED INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES. THE EURO IS MUCH MORE BLOCKING WITH THE RIDGE...DELAYING AND MINIMIZING THE RAIN THREAT. HAVE TAKEN A BLEND OF BOTH MODELS...KEEPING TUESDAY DRY AND BRINGING ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE RIDGE SLOWING ADVANCES EAST. JAB && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CIGS EARLY IN THE PERIOD SHOULD DETERIORATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHORTWAVE BRINGS INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TERMINALS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT MVFR CIGS/VSBY REDUCTIONS WITH CONVECTION. RAIN AND STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING WITH LOWER CIGS ANTICIPATED. LOW END MVFR CIGS AROUND 1500 FT SHOULD BE COMMON ALONG WITH LIGHT NORTH WINDS BEHIND A SFC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. RAIN MAY LINGER LONGER AT KTUP INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS THE SHORTWAVE AND FRONT ARE SLOWER TO CLEAR EAST. ALL SITES SHOULD RETURN VFR BY MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY AS COOLER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH WITH DRIER AIR AND A SCATTERING OF THE LOWER CLOUDS. WINDS WILL BECOME BRISK FROM THE NORTH AS WELL AT ALL SITES. JLH && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 255 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-132200- ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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- 255 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WYNNE ARKANSAS TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JAB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND GST PARAGOULD 36.06N 90.51W
06/12/2014 E60 MPH GREENE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
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JLHThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down several large trees in the southern part of Paragould. A very large tree fell on a car near Highway 49 in Paragould about two miles south of Highway 412. Large trees were knocked down city wide.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Paragould. As a result Jones Road was impassable due to deep water.
Straight line winds knocked down multiple trees and power lines in Hickory Ridge. A few cars and structures were damaged by falling trees and a roof was blown off a commercial business in Hickory Ridge. Multiple power poles were knocked down on Highway 1 north of Cherry Valley.
A trained spotter measured a 71 mph gust in Marked Tree. Two high profile vehicles were overturned on Highway 63 near Marked Tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 525824, 525826, 525828, 525921, 525923.