A leftover outflow boundary from the previous nights convection over Kansas and Oklahoma triggered redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of June 7th, 2014. the Missouri Bootheel and Northwest Tennessee during the late afternoon into the evening hours.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A leftover outflow boundary from the previous nights convection over Kansas and Oklahoma triggered redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of June 7th, 2014. The storms moved into Northeast Arkansas...the Missouri Bootheel and Northwest Tennessee during the late afternoon into the evening hours. The storms moved southeast into Northeast Mississippi by the early evening hours. The storms became severe due to the warm and unstable airmass in place. The storms produced large hail, 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 7, 2:13 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
313 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF THE MIDSOUTH...WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF STRONG ROTATION AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE MID EVENING
HOURS. THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH MAY SEE PULSE TYPE SEVERE
WEATHER EARLY AND POTENTIALLY A STRONGER ORGANIZED LINE OVERNIGHT
AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE MIDSOUTH.
SUNDAY...AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL SAG INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI
TOMORROW...WHERE THE BRUNT OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE
A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. TO THE NORTH A SLIGHTLY COOLER/MORE
STABLE AIRMASS WILL BRIEFLY FILTER IN...SO HAVE LOWERED POPS IN
THIS AREA. THE FRONT WILL WAVE BACK AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUT FIRST OVER ARKANSAS BY
MIDNIGHT...AND THEN SPREADING EAST BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NEXT POTENT SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO
GET PINCHED OFF OVER THE PLAINS AND BECOME CLOSED ON MONDAY. THIS
FEATURE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT OVER THE OZARKS ON TUESDAY AND THEN MOVE
SLOWLY MOVE UP THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. STORMS
WILL BE LIKELY EACH DAY...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. STEEPER LAPSE RATES WITH THE LOW...COUPLED WITH A
STRONGER LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL MEAN A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES. FLASH-FLOODING WILL ALSO REMAIN A THREAT. HAVE
LEANED MORE WITH THE NAM AND ECMWF ON KEEPING TEMPERATURES COOLER.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE LEFT
IN THE SHORTWAVE'S WAKE...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S
PROVIDING ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SKIES SHOULD BECOME
MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE NIGHT.
JAB
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE (07/18Z-08/18Z)
MVFR CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE VFR
CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE OUTSIDE ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE PERIOD EXCEPT AT KTUP MVFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG ARE
POSSIBLE 08/09Z-08/14Z. MENTIONED VCTS AT ALL THE TAFS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAY NEED TO AMEND LATER TO PUT TSRA
IN A TEMPO GROUP OR IN THE BODY OF THE FORECAST DEPENDING ON HOW
CONVECTION DEVELOPS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH
FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ADDED VCTS AT
KMEM...KMKL...AND KTUP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT BUT CONFIDENCE
WAS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT KJBR FOR LATER TONIGHT.
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON SW 7-9 KTS...DECREASING A LITTLE IN THE
EVENING...BECOMING NW 7-10 KTS FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT.
JCL
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MISSISSIPPI-POINSETT-
RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-PRENTISS-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR BENTON TN-CARROLL-
CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-
HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-
MCNAIRY-OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 255 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 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>092-082200- 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 SAT JUN 7 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 THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...THE THREATS WILL REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE...AND FAR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE PRIMARY THREATS SHOULD REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING. STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. JAB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
337 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TORNADO 2 SW CLAYTON 36.45N 89.28W
06/07/2014 OBION TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR CLAYTON MOVING TOWARDS UNION CITY
&&
JPMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TORNADO 2 SW CLAYTON 36.45N 89.28W
06/07/2014 OBION TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR CLAYTON MOVING TOWARDS UNION CITY
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG UNION CITY 36.42N 89.05W
06/07/2014 OBION TN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0403 PM TSTM WND GST WALNUT RIDGE 36.07N 90.96W
06/07/2014 E0.00 MPH LAWRENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 63.
0405 PM HAIL S UNION CITY 36.42N 89.05W
06/07/2014 M1.75 INCH OBION TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL STARTED AS QUARTER SIZED THEN RAPIDLY INCREASED TO
GOLFBALL SIZE.
&&
MRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
507 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TORNADO 2 SW CLAYTON 36.45N 89.28W
06/07/2014 OBION TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR CLAYTON MOVING TOWARDS UNION CITY
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG UNION CITY 36.42N 89.05W
06/07/2014 OBION TN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0403 PM TSTM WND GST WALNUT RIDGE 36.07N 90.96W
06/07/2014 E0.00 MPH LAWRENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 63.
0405 PM HAIL S UNION CITY 36.42N 89.05W
06/07/2014 M1.75 INCH OBION TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL STARTED AS QUARTER SIZED THEN RAPIDLY INCREASED TO
GOLFBALL SIZE.
0436 PM HAIL PARAGOULD 36.06N 90.51W
06/07/2014 E1.25 INCH GREENE AR PUBLIC
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AND WIND SPEED
ESTIMATED AT 45 MPH.
0437 PM HAIL STANFORD 36.10N 90.66W
06/07/2014 E1.00 INCH GREENE AR PUBLIC
0447 PM TSTM WND DMG HORNBEAK 36.30N 89.39W
06/07/2014 OBION TN PUBLIC
DEER PROCESSING PLANT AND BROWNS MEAT MARKET EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
0449 PM HAIL HENDERSON 35.44N 88.65W
06/07/2014 E1.50 INCH CHESTER TN PUBLIC
0452 PM FUNNEL CLOUD E RUTHERFORD 36.13N 88.99W
06/07/2014 GIBSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
EMA DIRECTOR AND FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL SEEING FUNNEL CLOUD
JUST EAST OF RUTHERFORD.
&&
MRMThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to golf ball size hail fell from the Tennessee/Mississippi State line to Downtown Corinth.
Straight line winds knocked several trees and power lines down from the Tennessee State Line to Iuka.
Repeated rounds of thunderstorms produced flash flooding in Iuka. The Rain Road Underpass was flooded as a result.
Straight line winds knocked a few trees and power lines down across Alcorn County.
Straight line winds knocked down a few trees and large limbs between Walls and Horn Lake.
Straight line winds blew a few trees and power lines down across portions of Lafayette County.
Straight line winds produced major roof damage to two homes in Pontotoc. Minor roof damage occurred to two additional homes. Trees were also knocked down in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 524697, 524701, 526795, 526797, 526826, 526824, 526825, 526829.