A cold front stalled out over West Tennessee during the evening hours of September 2nd, 2014. As a result, showers and thunderstorms trained over the same area for a couple of hours.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A cold front stalled out over West Tennessee during the evening hours of September 2nd, 2014. As a result, showers and thunderstorms trained over the same area for a couple of hours. This caused flash flooding to occur over portions of the area.
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 Sep 2, 5:42 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 642 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. && .DISCUSSION... A SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY WAS NOTED THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION HAS INITIATED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. STORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH MAY INCREASE THE SHORT TERM RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST...CHARACTERIZED BY MID 70S DEWPOINTS AND PWAT VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE FORCED SLOWLY SOUTHWARD BY ONGOING CONVECTION TOWARDS INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS IN THESE AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST TRENDS AND ANALYSIS. NEW GRIDS AND ZONES HAVE BEEN SENT. JLH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014/ DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM A DECAYING NOCTURNAL MCS OVER THE OZARK PLATEAU. THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DELINEATED THE WARM SECTOR...WHICH WAS SOUTHEAST OF A FOREST CITY AR... TO MEMPHIS TO DYERSBURG TN LINE AT 3 PM. BEST LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WAS NOTED OVER NORTH MS... THIS WILL BE THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY EVENING. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER NORTH MS THIS EVENING... MODELS DEPICT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM FORMATION OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS MAY BE OVERDOING THE IMMEDIATE UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL... GIVEN THE COOL BUBBLE HIGH FROM THIS MORNING/S MCS OVER THE OZARK PLATEAU. IN ANY CASE...BUILDING MIDLEVEL HEIGHTS AND WEAKER ZONAL STEERING WINDS SHOULD KEEP THE BULK OF OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE DRIVEN BY DIFFERENTIAL SURFACE HEATING AND SUBTLE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HEAT INDICES THURSDAY LIKELY IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS FALLS OVER THE MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CONUS WILL DRIVE A SURFACE COLD FRONT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS BY FRIDAY EVENING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING AND STRONGER MIDLEVEL WINDS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN DAYTIME RAIN CHANCES FOR THE MIDSOUTH. GFS MEX GUIDANCE TEMPS APPEAR TOO WARM FOR THE PATTERN...PARTICULARLY IF PREFRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS DEPICTED BY THE GFS AND ECMWF. ECMWF AND GFS MODELS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION SHOULD PROVIDE A NOTICEABLE COOLDOWN FOLLOWING THE MIDWEEK HEAT. SUNDAY WILL SEE BEST RAIN CHANCES FOLLOW THE FRONT ON IT/S WAY TO CENTRAL/SOUTH MS. DRIER AIR WILL EDGE IN FROM THE NORTH TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. LOW LEVEL WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ON TUESDAY...AS UPPER HEIGHTS BUILD IN ADVANCE OF A MIDWEEK LONGWAVE UPPER TROF DROPPING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND NORTHERN PLAINS. PWB && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE WILL KEEP EVENING CONVECTION AROUND THE TAF SITES...WITH MKL HAVING A PERIOD OF ON STATION ACTIVITY. LATER IN THE NIGHT CONFIDENT THAT IFR STRATUS AND FOG WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING...OTHERWISE CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR. LIGHT SOUTH/VARIABLE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 5-9 KTS AFTER 03/18Z. JAB && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 459 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 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>092-040000- 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- 459 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE...NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY...AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ANY STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SELF ACTIVATION IS ENCOURAGED IN AREAS WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED THIS EVENING. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WINDS AND DAMAGE...INCLUDING ANY DOWNED TREES OR POWER LINES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. JLH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 419 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 MSZ002-012-013-021-022-022200- YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS-CALHOUN MS- 419 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WATER VALLEY AT 419 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL...PANOLA AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST... OXFORD AND WATER VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES SARDIS LAKE. && LAT...LON 3459 8966 3459 8924 3407 8925 3407 8985 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 268DEG 29KT 3419 8973
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 523 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 MSZ014-015-022300- UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS- 523 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR... NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ECRU AT 524 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR PONTOTOC AND TRACE STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3418 8883 3419 8919 3440 8920 3442 8882 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 261DEG 35KT 3431 8912
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Showers and thunderstorms trained over Trenton for a couple of hours. As a result, flash flooding occurred and South College Street had to be closed due to high water.
Showers and thunderstorms trained over Northern Carroll County for a couple of hours. As a result, flash flooding occurred in a few locations between Trezevant and Huntingdon. The intersection of Highway 190 and Oak Grove Road in Trezevant had to be closed due to high water as well as the South Bypass around Huntingdon.
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, September 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: 542740, 542741.