A stalled front was located across Southern Missouri during the late evening hours of June 4th into the early morning hours of June 5th. Showers and thunderstorms developed just south of St.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A stalled front was located across Southern Missouri during the late evening hours of June 4th into the early morning hours of June 5th. Showers and thunderstorms developed just south of St. Louis during the evening hours of June 4th which evolved into an MCS. The MCS moved into portions of Northwest Tennessee after midnight and continued through sunrise. A few storms produced flash flooding and damaging winds.
A second round of thunderstorms occurred as another MCS developed across Southwest Missouri during the morning hours. The MCS gained momentum as it moved into a warm and unstable atmosphere south of the stalled front. The MCS produced a derecho across Northeast Arkansas into the West Tennessee during the afternoon hours. Widespread damaging winds and some flash flooding occurred with the derecho.
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 4, 6:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 730 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 .UPDATE...UPDATED FOR TOR WATCH 223 && .DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS ARE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TENNESSEE...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONFIRMED TO HAVE PRODUCES TORNADOES TO OUR NORTH WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH INTO THE MIDSOUTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER SUNSET...CHANCES WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES...BUT STORMS MAY CONTINUE FOR QUITE A WHILE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 610 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/ DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/ MIDAFTERNOON REGIONAL RADAR SHOWED AN EAST/WEST LINEAR CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...MOVING EAST. NEARER TO THE MIDSOUTH... A SMALLER CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FORMED OVER THE OZARK PLATEAU OF SOUTHERN MO EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS DISSIPATED AS THE MOVED EAST/SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. MIDAFTERNOON CUMULUS FIELD WAS RATHER FLAT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH... OVERSPREAD BY A 12C 700MB THERMAL RIDGE AND SCATTERED HIGH CIRRUS. GFS PROJECTS HEIGHT FALLS SUFFICIENT TO BREAK DOWN THE MIDLEVEL THERMAL RIDGE TONIGHT...ALLOWING ELEVATED STORMS TO PERSIST INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AS THEY DEVELOP SOUTHEAST ALONG THE 850/500MB THICKNESS GRADIENT. CONCURRENTLY...ANOTHER MCS WILL LIKELY TAKE SHAPE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE RESULTANT MCV/REMNANT CONVECTION REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST AR DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS THE MIDSOUTH REMAIN UNDER THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER TEXAS. MODEL DETAILS BECOME DIFFICULT TO RELY ON AFTER ABOUT DAY 2...DUE THE DIFFICULTY IN MODELING CONVECTIVE COLD POOLS THAT FORM EFFECTIVE MESOSCALE FRONTS. THAT SAID...BEST RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST AR...NORTHWEST TN...INTO THE TN RIVER VALLEY. MOS GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS WERE UNDERCUT...PARTICULARLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE MEMPHIS METRO...WHERE CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW WILL LIKELY BE MOST PROMINENT. PWB && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF SET LINE OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE INTO KJBR AND KMKL BETWEEN 5-10Z. WILL CONTINUE TEMPO GROUP FOR LOWER CIGS/VSBYS. LINGERING SHRAS WITH MVFR CIGS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 13-14Z. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR OTHER TAF SITES. CAN/T RULE OUT A FEW SHRAS APPROACHING KMEM BETWEEN 9-13Z. SCT TSRAS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS AREA BETWEEN 16-20Z. HAVE INTRODUCED VCTS WORDING FOR NOW. S WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NOT VERY CONFIDENT ON WIND DIRECTION OR SPEED AFTER 12Z DUE TO CONVECTION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. KRM && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 739 PM CDT WED JUN 4 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>092-060245- 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- 739 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PARAGOULD ARKANSAS TO PARSONS TENNESSEE TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH A SECONDARY THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Camden and surrounding areas of Benton County.
Three to four inches of rain fell across Benton County, producing widespread flash flooding. Pineview Road was completely washed out. The bridge on Kelly Road was covered with two feet of water while a culvert was washed out on Rowland Road.
Three to four inches of rain fell across Weakley County. As a result, Concord Road near Latham was flooded with eighteen inches of water.
Three to four inches of rain fell across Carroll County. As a result, numerous roads and streets were flooded in Huntingdon. A few people were stranded in cars. Elsewhere in Carroll County, culverts and roads were washed out.
Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines across Southern Tipton County including the areas near Brighton and Covington. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. A roof was blown off a warehouse near Brighton. Several roofs collapsed in Covington and a few of the city square buildings had extensive roof damage.
Straight line winds knocked down several trees and power lines from Millington to the Eads-Collierville area.
Straight line winds knocked trees down near Dyer and Trenton in Gibson County.
After receiving three to four inches in the morning, Trenton received another one to two inches during the afternoon which caused street flooding.
Straight line winds blew tin off a barn northeast of Lexington. In addition, a tree was knocked down onto a house north of Lexington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 524472, 524483, 524485, 524488, 524509, 524512, 524513, 524514, 524525.