Conditions were favorable for weak convection to generate an isolated landspout across portions of northwest Mississippi during the late afternoon of April 25th.
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Conditions were favorable for weak convection to generate an isolated landspout across portions of northwest Mississippi during the late afternoon of April 25th.
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 25, 2:13 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 313 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 .DISCUSSION... At 3 PM CDT... The latest surface observations indicate a cold front now entering eastern Arkansas. On radar a line of showers and thunderstorms has formed along this feature. These will move eastward across the region throughout the evening hours. At the midlevels an upper trough axis is now nearly parallel with the Mississippi River. Any thunderstorms this evening are not expected to be strong, and rain amounts should generally remain on the lighter side. Showers and thunderstorms will exit the region to the east by sunrise on Friday. Meanwhile, northwesterly surface flow will usher in high pressure, bringing a return to dry and sunny conditions for Friday as highs warm into the low to mid 70s. Zonal flow aloft begins to set up by Saturday, just as a surface low moves through the Midwest. A trailing cold front will move through the region late Saturday and into Sunday. Given the displacement of this feature from the attendant surface low, the feature will be weak and thus only light shower activity and a few thunderstorms will be possible through Sunday morning, when the feature settles south of the region. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s on Saturday and will vary from the upper 60s north to the upper 70s south on Sunday. The front retreats northward as a warm front on Monday ahead of a developing system out west, allowing temperatures to warm into the lower 80s. Southwest flow sets up over western portions of the region, with a ridge just east resulting in warmer daily highs across the eastern extents of the FA through the middle of next week. While conditions will be dry on Monday, embedded impulses in the SW flow aloft will allow for showers and thunderstorms beginning on Tuesday and continuing through late week as the pattern remains locked in. Consequently, temperatures will remain a few degrees warmer than normal through the end of the week, with daily highs near or just exceeding 80 degrees. ZDM && .AVIATION... 18z TAFS Short term high resolution guidance has backed off on the redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms across the Midsouth this afternoon, although some development is noted over Central Arkansas. Based on radar trends, guidance and at least some expected redevelopment ahead of the showers in Arkansas, elected to include a few hours of VCSH at JBR, MEM and MKL, with VCTS at TUP. Coverage and intensity of showers should diminish quickly after 00Z. South winds 10-15kt with gusts to 22kt will shift from the West then Northwest overnight, remaining around 10kt through the night. Low clouds may develop overnight, but winds should keep BR/FG to a minimum. VFR conditions will return area wide early tomorrow. North winds 10-14kt. 30 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 1111 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-261815- 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-Lee AR-Lee MS- Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot- Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis- Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley- Yalobusha- 1111 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 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...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. ZDM
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief tornado in an open field a few miles east of Limerick Road and south of Highway 4.
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