Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into early April for a few counties in North Mississippi. The drought caused river and lake levels to be at low levels.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into early April for a few counties in North Mississippi. The drought caused river and lake levels to be at low levels. Rainfall alleviated severe drought conditions by the middle of the month.
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 Mar 31, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 1147 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017 .UPDATE... Updated for the 06z Aviation Discussion. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 724 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017/ UPDATE... Updated for cloud cover and evening temperatures. DISCUSSION... Stratocumulus deck hanging tough across portions of northwest Tennessee this hour...and should linger through the evening with northeasterly boundary layer flow. This in turn will keep temperatures up a few degrees. Short term models show the deck eroding after midnight as flow weakens and upper level heights build in from the west. So adjusted the evening forecast accordingly. All other forecast parameters are currently on track. JAB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 337 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017/ At 3PM, A beautiful Spring day is currently taking place across the Mid-South. Temperatures range from the upper 50s in northwest Tennessee to the mid to upper 60s across the rest of the area. A deck of stratus clouds on the back side of an upper level low continue to thin out and push eastward. .Short term...Tonight through Sunday night... Mostly clear skies will allow temperatures to drop into the low to upper 40s areawide by morning. Saturday will be seasonably warm with abundantly sunny skies as upper level high pressure remains centered over the area. High temperatures will top out in the 60s across the north with 70s further south. By Saturday night, a closed upper level low will drop down across the Desert Southwest and place the Mid-South under southwesterly flow aloft. This will result in clouds and moisture advecting into the region during the day on Sunday. By Sunday night, showers and thunderstorms will spread across the area after sundown as a shortwave approaches from the west. A few strong to severe storms will be possible across southwestern portions of our area, mainly overnight. .Long term...Monday into late next week... Both main synoptic models are in pretty good agreement through this period, but differ on location of specific important features on day four. The aforementioned shortwave and an associated deepening surface low will move in close proximity to the Mid- South on Monday. Depending on the track of the low, we could have severe weather across eastern portions of our forecast area on Monday as dynamics and instability may be higher. The EURO is currently hinting at the low taking a favorable severe weather track from northern Arkansas to central Illinois during the day, thus increasing instability across the area. However, the GFS and NAM continue to keep the low track over us or even a little to the south, which would push the severe threat south. At this point, the Euro appears to be the outlier, but it bears watching nonetheless. Will at least add strong storms to the HWO for Monday. Tuesday will be mostly dry as we will be in between systems. Another low pressure system will develop over the Central Plains and push into the region Wednesday afternoon. Models are indicating quite a bit of instability ahead of the cold front, so severe weather chances are not out of the question. Behind that system, the jet stream will dip pretty far south and bring some cold and unseasonable air to the region. It is still a little early to tell, but both models are suggesting the potential for frost by next Saturday morning. Stay tuned. AC3 && .AVIATION...06z TAFs VFR conditions are expected at all terminals through the forecast period. Lower cigs should remain to the northeast of the terminals overnight with clear skies persisting through much of Saturday. High level clouds will increase from west to east Saturday evening. Northeast winds between 8-10 kts tonight will become easterly/southeasterly later Saturday at 7 kts or greater. JLH && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 348 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-012300- 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- 348 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas... the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A few strong storms will be possible late Sunday, mainly across portions of northwest Mississippi and east-central Arkansas. Another chance of strong to severe storms will be possible on Monday, mainly along and east of the Mississippi River. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. AC3
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved by the middle of the month.
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved by the middle of the month.
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved by the middle of the month.
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved by the middle of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2017
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: 694966, 694967, 694968, 694969.