A quasi-stationary front remained located across Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and West Tennessee on August 6th, 2014. In addition, an upper level disturbance moved through the region and interacted with the front setting off showers and thunderstorms.
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A quasi-stationary front remained located across Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and West Tennessee on August 6th, 2014. In addition, an upper level disturbance moved through the region and interacted with the front setting off showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms trained over the same area for a period of time and produced 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 Aug 6, 2:50 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK SURFACE FRONT REMAINS STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH LIFT ALONG THE FRONT AND STRONG INSTABILITY...WITH MLCAPES IN EXCESS OF 2500 J/KG...WILL RESULT IN A CORRIDOR OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS AREA WILL EXTEND FROM THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. LATER THIS EVENING...CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE. BY LATE TONIGHT...A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE NOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO ENHANCE LIFT OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION AND RESULT IN INCREASING CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE SUNRISE. THE SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE REGION IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO A STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY AND ANY LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXCEED 2 INCHES. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER AND HIGHER THAN CLIMO POPS THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE PERIOD AS MODERATE INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR BECOMES ENHANCED WITH EACH PASSING SHORTWAVE. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD ALONG WITH SEASONABLY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS. BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SEASONABLE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. JLH && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF SET VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF VCTS WORDING AT KJBR AS CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD STAY WELL TO THE NORTH. HAVE ALSO REMOVED MENTION OF FOG AT KMKL AND KTUP AS NO FOG OCCURRED THIS MORNING THUS SEE NO REASON WHY IT WOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...DID MENTION VCTS WORDING AT KJBR AFTER 13Z AS A DYING MCS MAY MOVE INTO NE ARKANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. W WINDS AROUND 6-8 KTS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 00Z. EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME SW AT 5-7 KTS AROUND 14-15Z. KRM && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 356 PM CDT WED AUG 6 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>092-072300- 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- 356 PM CDT WED AUG 6 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 TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST RISKS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. IN ADDITION TRAINING OF STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. JLH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 534 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 TNZ050-052-062300- HAYWOOD TN-MADISON TN- 534 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR... EAST CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEIGHTON AT 534 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3562 8891 3550 8893 3552 8910 3565 8911 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 277DEG 7KT 3559 8903
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 546 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 TNZ052-054-062315- HENDERSON TN-MADISON TN- 546 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR... WEST CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BLUE GOOSE AT 547 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN HENDERSON AND MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3572 8851 3558 8864 3572 8881 3579 8875 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 300DEG 5KT 3572 8872
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Showers and thunderstorms trained over Northern Dunklin County for at least 1-2 hours. Numerous county roads were impassable due to flash flooding as a result.
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