An upper level disturbance moved through the Mid-South on August 30th, 2014. The disturbance triggered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved through the Mid-South on August 30th, 2014. The disturbance triggered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours. One storm became severe and produced 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 Aug 30, 2:42 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/WSR-88D VAD WIND PROFILES THIS AFTERNOON PLACE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER MINNESOTA WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STRETCHING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST BACK THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. A WARM CONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS PRODUCED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S TODAY. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES WITHIN THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAVE RESULTED IN GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE MID SOUTH WITH MUCH NEEDED RAIN. TEMPERATURES AS OF 3 PM CDT VARY ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH READINGS IN THE 70S WHERE RAIN HAS OCCURRED ALREADY AND LOWER 80S ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK IS THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN THIS AFTERNOON/S FORECAST. .SHORT TIME...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH CHANCES GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT BEGINS TO WEAKEN. LOWS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 70S WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S ON SUNDAY AND 80S TO LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...12Z GFS/ECMWF LONG TERM MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY BUT NOW SUGGEST A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL DROP INTO THE MID SOUTH TUESDAY AND MEANDER BACK NORTH BY WEDNESDAY. CONSEQUENTLY...ADJUSTED RAIN CHANCES UPWARD ACCORDINGLY TO SCATTERED COVERAGE GIVEN THESE TRENDS. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO THE LOWER 90S AREAWIDE LATER IN THE WEEK WITH RAIN CHANCES BECOMING MORE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAFS A CIRCULATION WAS EVIDENT ON KNQA RADAR IMAGERY...AROUND 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEM AT 1745Z... MOVING NORTHEAST. BEST TS CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS FEATURE. NORTH MS... INCLUDING TUP... WILL BE UNDER A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING MARINE WARM FRONT. MEM WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE BEST AFTERNOON TS POTENTIAL. WILL MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND MAY NEED TO PULL AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TS FROM THE MEM TAF. SECOND MIDLEVEL WAVE WILL APPROACH MIDSOUTH TERMINALS DURING THE 09Z TO 12Z TIME FRAME. JBR WILL LIKELY BE IN THE LEAST FAVORED POSITION FOR TS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THE MIDLEVEL WAVE. IN ANY CASE...MVFR/IFR WILL BE A GOOD BET AREAWIDE...GIVEN A SECONDARY WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT. PWB && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 343 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 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>092-311200- 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- 343 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 15 and Highway 76 in Pontotoc. A windshield was reported broken due to the hail.
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