An upper low pressure system moving across the Southern Plains triggered scattered showers and thunderstorms across North Mississippi by the early afternoon hours of May 27, 2014. A downburst was reported in Tunica County.
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An upper low pressure system moving across the Southern Plains triggered scattered showers and thunderstorms across North Mississippi by the early afternoon hours of May 27, 2014. A downburst was reported in Tunica County.
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 May 27, 11:40 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1240 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1031 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ UPDATE...MORNING UPDATE. DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER IS IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW EDGES CLOSER TOT HE REGION. BROUGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT AND ADJUSTED HOURLIES TO MATCH OBSERVATIONS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD COVERAGE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST F THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 602 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ CURRENTLY INCREASING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WAS INVADING THE MIDSOUTH...WHILE LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WERE BEING OBSERVED. DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING SOME LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY HOSTING A NORTHERLY DRIFT JUST STARTING OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. OTHERWISE NEARLY ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH WAS RAIN FREE. TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDSOUTH WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE THE CURRENT 500MB UPPER LOW NEAR CHILDRESS TEXAS AS IT SLOWLY SLIDES EAST SOUTHEAST TO LOUISIANA. AS IT DOES IT WILL ALSO SLOWLY FILL FROM A CENTRAL HEIGHT OF 574 TO 585 DECAMETERS. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ROUNDING THE RIDGE IN MEXICO WILL TAKE A SHARP LEFT TURN AHEAD OF THE LOW AND UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES FOR THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...WITH MODELS TAGGING WEDNESDAY AS THE WETTEST DAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER THE SOUTHWEST DELTA COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FOR TOMORROW. HAVE ALSO INCREASED RAIN CHANCES FOR THURSDAY AS THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE LOW. NOTICED THE LATEST SEE TEXT FROM SPC ON THEIR NEW DAY1 OUTLOOK FOR A WIND THREAT TODAY ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. FEEL THAT THIS POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN JUST OFF TO OUR SOUTHWEST...(I.E. ARKLATEX)...WHERE SLIGHTLY BETTER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE SEEN. LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY AND INCREASED LOWS SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WAS BASED OFF OF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION COVERAGE DURING THE DAY AND ABUNDANT MIDLEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING AT NIGHT. BY FRIDAY THE LOW CENTER WILL BE BARELY DISCERNIBLE ATTRIBUTING TO A MUCH WEAKER COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW. THUS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SOME INCREASED SUNSHINE...SLIGHTLY LOWER RAIN CHANCES...AND TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR 90F. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL ACTUALLY BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS PERIOD....WHILE MIDWEST WESTERLIES ERODE THE NORTH SIDE. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES OVER THE MIDSOUTH IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S WITH LOWER RAIN CHANCES AND A MORE DIURNAL NATURE IN REGARDS TO CONVECTION TIMING. JAB && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN SOME MVFR CEILINGS WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. ARS && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 314 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 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>092-281015- 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- 314 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAB
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds overturned a mobile home near Kirby Road and Hambrick Road. Twelve power poles were snapped in Robinsonville near the Casino Strip.
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