Strong southwest winds developed across West Tennessee during the late morning and afternoon hours on April 10, 2016. Wind gusts of up to 45 mph were observed.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Strong southwest winds developed across West Tennessee during the late morning and afternoon hours on April 10, 2016. Wind gusts of up to 45 mph were observed.
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 Apr 10, 8:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
952 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016
.DISCUSSION...
NO CHANGES NEEDED WITH THE MORNING FORECAST. A MIX OF CLOUDS AND
SUN IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DELTA
AND SOUTH...ALLOWING FOR STRONG MIXING OF NEAR 50 KTS AT 3KFT.
THE AFTERNOON FORECAST WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE POSSIBLITY OF
EXTENDING THE WIND ADVISORY OVERNIGHT AND THE DIFFERENT
THREATS/COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS TOMORROW.
JAB
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 701 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016/
DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 418 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016/
CURRENTLY... AT 4 AM CDT LATEST H5 ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY DEPICT A SHORTWAVE LOCATED OVER THE REGION WITH RADAR
INDICATING RESULTANT SHOWER ACTIVITY. HOWEVER SURFACE ANALYSIS AND
LATEST OBSERVATIONS DETAIL DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE NEAREST THE TENNESSEE
RIVER ONLY IN THE 20S AND 30S INDICATING MUCH OF THIS PRECIP IS
LIKELY EVAPORATING BEFORE REACHING THE SURFACE. TEMPERATURES ARE
GENERALLY IN THE 40S AND 50S WITH LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST.
A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
MIDSOUTH WILL MIGRATE FURTHER EAST TODAY...ALLOWING WINDS TO
BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. MEANWHILE A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL
DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW CENTERED JUST
NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION...RESULTING IN A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE LOCAL REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG
SUSTAINED AND GUSTY WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR ADVECTION IN EARNEST WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BE WELL INTO THE 70S TODAY...THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. BY EARLY MONDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD
FRONT AND DEVELOPING SFC LOW WILL APPROACH THE REGION WITH SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY
WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70. THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH
MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE
REGION. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG OF SBCAPE MONDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF I-40. SOME STRONG STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT IN THOSE LOCALES WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE WITH PWAT VALUES EXCEEDING 1.50 INCHES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-40 ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT QUICKLY DROPS SOUTH OF
THE MIDSOUTH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN
FROM THE NORTH QUICKLY ERODING MOISTURE AND BRINGING AN END TO
PRECIPITATION. TUESDAY WILL BE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE FORECAST
PACKAGE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS AN
UPPER DISTURBANCE TRAVERSES THE REGION WITH A DEVELOPING LOW
MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST. A WARMING TREND BEGINS LATE IN THE
PERIOD UNDER A RIDGE AXIS ALOFT.
ZDM
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAF SET
A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING.
LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AHEAD OF THE FRONT. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ALTHOUGH...STRATUS WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO KJBR AND KMEM AROUND
9-10Z. SUSTAINED S WINDS OF 15-25 KTS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20-35
KTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
KRM
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COAHOMA-DESOTO-
PANOLA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TUNICA.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DYER-LAKE-
LAUDERDALE-OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 422 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-111130- 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- 422 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A COLD FRONT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. BEST THREAT LOCATION WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE FORTY AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. ZDM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A carport and an outbuilding were destroyed on Troy-Polk Station road one mile southeast of the town of Troy.
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