Strong surface heating combined with low level moisture to produce sufficient instability for isolated thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon hours of June 22, 2014. A severe storm developed over Northwest Mississippi with damaging winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Strong surface heating combined with low level moisture to produce sufficient instability for isolated thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon hours of June 22, 2014. A severe storm developed over Northwest Mississippi with damaging winds and 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 Jun 22, 2:46 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 346 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 .DISCUSSION... LITTLE CHANGE IN MIDSOUTH WEATHER THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH TUESDAY...AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROF PASSING FROM CENTRAL PLAINS INTO TO THE OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE BASED AFTERNOON INSTABILITY 2000 TO 3000 J/KG WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK BUT SUFFICIENT STORM RELATIVE SHEAR TO FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. IN ISOLATED INSTANCES OF CELL MERGERS AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS... STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DOWNBURST WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIODS WILL SEE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF DROP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE ECMWF BRINGS THIS FEATURE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHILE THE GFS WAITS UNTIL THURSDAY. IN ANY CASE...HAVE CONTINUED CHANCE POPS FOR BOTH DAYS...AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS WILL BE EASILY ATTAINABLE. THE GFS AND ECMWF BEGIN BUILDING A SOUTHERN PLAINS UPPER RIDGE INTO THE MIDSOUTH AND OHIO VALLEY BY THE WEEKEND. THE GFS CONCURRENTLY MAINTAINS AN INVERTED MIDLEVEL TROF/SHEAR AXIS ALONG THE TX COAST... INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. GOING WITH A BLENDED SOLUTION YIELDS A DRIER PERIOD...WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS. IF THE ECMWF HEIGHTS VERIFY...MID 90S MAY BE COMMON ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH NEXT WEEKEND. PWB && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS ALREADY FIRED UP IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE CWA WITH CAPE VALUES ALREADY EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG AT ALL SITES ACCORDING TO SPC MESOANALYSIS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT NORTHERN MS WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS TODAY AS 500MB HEIGHT FALLS WILL BE THE GREATEST THERE. NONETHELESS...HAVE INCLUDED A VCTS AT ALL SITES UNTIL AFTER SUNSET TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TODAYS CONVECTION. WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY TO ACCOUNT FOR STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SITES. ZDM && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 324 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 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>092-232230- 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- 324 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 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 A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CREATE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
324 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 1 S SENATOBIA 34.60N 89.97W
06/21/2014 E1.00 INCH TATE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH HAIL NEAR SENATOBIA.
&&
AJCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
420 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
MSZ001-002-TNZ088-222200-
MARSHALL MS-DE SOTO MS-SHELBY TN-
420 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLIVE BRANCH AT 421 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN DESOTO...MARSHALL AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR OLIVE BRANCH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3507 8981 3502 8964 3500 8964 3500 8956
3496 8942 3472 8961 3496 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 300DEG 11KT 3499 8978
TLSJRThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down trees near Highway 302 and Alexander Road. A awning at a church near Highland Street and Pigeon Roost Road was completely destroyed.
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: 528127, 528128.