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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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
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.
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, 8:02 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 902 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK MID LEVEL TROF IS PUSHING SE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. THIS FEATURE HAS KICKED OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. CURRENTLY THE MOST ACTIVE STORMS STRETCH FROM EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI FUELED BY A RESERVOIR OF SBCAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG TO THE SOUTH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT THE TREND HAS BEEN ONE OF WEAKENING OVERALL AS THE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY GRADUALLY WANES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE SINCE SOME STORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS LEADING TO RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR TWO. HRRR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE EAST OF THE RIVER BY MIDNIGHT AND WENT AHEAD AND STARTING DROPPING POPS TO THE WEST. UPDATE OUT. SJM && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 356 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014/ UPDATE... UPDATED FOR INCREASED RAIN CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND TO RE-DEFINE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. DISCUSSION... CONVECTION TURNING SEVERE QUICKLY ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS WITH REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN. HAVE EXPANDED POPS EASTWARD IN THE SHORT TERM...AND THE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL TO NO INCLUDE MOST OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. JAB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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... 00Z TAF CYCLE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PRODUCING MVFR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SOME MVFR/IFR CEILINGS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND MAINLY FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE WINDS BECOME NORTH AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS ON FRIDAY. ARS && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 512 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>092-132300- 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- 512 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 HAYTI MISSOURI TO HOUSTON 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 NORTHWEST 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 EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JAB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
604 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N COVINGTON 35.60N 89.65W
06/12/2014 M60.00 MPH TIPTON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED SIXTY MPH WIND GUSTS AND
PEA-SIZED HAIL
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RCW/TLSJRSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 605 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 TNZ088-089-122330- SHELBY TN-FAYETTE TN- 605 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR... WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM LAKELAND TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GERMANTOWN AT 605 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BARTLETT...COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA AND GERMANTOWN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3533 8990 3532 8946 3500 8948 3500 8988 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 297DEG 14KT 3522 8971 3505 8974
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
608 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N COVINGTON 35.61N 89.65W
06/12/2014 M71.00 MPH TIPTON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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RCW/TLSJRSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 622 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 MSZ002-003-TNZ089-122345- BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-FAYETTE TN- 622 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MT PLEASANT AT 622 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN BENTON...FAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3510 8919 3484 8931 3498 8966 3520 8954 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 297DEG 14KT 3505 8949
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 836 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 MSZ002-013>015-130200- UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS- 836 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE AT 836 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES... INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR NEW ALBANY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3449 8899 3425 8907 3438 8954 3456 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 284DEG 16KT 3445 8941
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 918 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 MSZ013>015-130245- UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-LAFAYETTE MS- 918 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR... NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF RANDOLPH AT 918 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR PONTOTOC AND TRACE STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3440 8889 3418 8888 3418 8927 3436 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 266DEG 14KT 3427 8916
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:17 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail fell from Thaxton to Pontotoc. The large hail damaged a patrol car west of Pontotoc.
Straight line winds knocked down multiple trees along County Road 135 north of Highway 32 west of Okolona. One home was damaged by a fallen tree.
This weak tornado uprooted and snapped off several trees along its path. Two houses suffered considerable damage from fallen trees. One person received a minor injury. In addition, near the touchdown point, several roof panels were blown off a poultry building. Peak wind was estimated at 90 to 95 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2014Warnings in Mississippi, June 2014
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: 525944, 525955, 525959, 526078.