In the wake of a few strong multi-cell thunderstorms a brief landspout occurred across portions of northwest Mississippi during the later afternoon hours of August 9th.
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In the wake of a few strong multi-cell thunderstorms a brief landspout occurred across portions of northwest Mississippi during the later afternoon hours of August 9th.
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 Aug 9, 2:19 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 319 PM CDT Fri Aug 9 2019 .DISCUSSION... Skies remain partly cloudy across the Mid-South with temperatures ranging from the upper 70s to mid 80s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to move across portions of west Tennessee and northeast Mississippi. A second area of showers and thunderstorms is moving across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. This activity should move into the Mid-South this evening. Temperatures will remain close to normal with lows Saturday morning in the low to mid 70s. On Saturday, a weak frontal boundary will drop south toward the region. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop ahead of the front and move across the Mid-South. Temperatures should be warmer on Saturday with highs around 90 degrees. By Saturday night, the upper level ridge over the central U.S. will expand east. This will start to bring in much warmer air into the region. Temperatures Saturday night will be a little warmer with lows Sunday morning in the low to mid 70s. Sunday will be much warmer than Saturday with highs in the low to mid 90s. Heat index will be much higher on Sunday with most locations reaching at least 105 degrees and some areas even exceeding 110 degrees. Sunday night will be very warm as well with lows Monday morning in the mid to upper 70s. Monday and Tuesday will see the hotter weather pattern continue with some scattered thunderstorms possible both Monday and Tuesday afternoon. A cold front will start to move into the region on Wednesday bringing more showers and thunderstorms. With the front across the Mid-South, temperatures will be not nearly as hot. The cold front will stall out just south of the Mid-South on Thursday and remain nearly stationary for next Friday. This will result in a chance of thunderstorms for mainly southern sections of the Mid-South. ARS && .AVIATION...18Z TAFs Another Challenging Aviation forecast today. Ongoing showers have been weakening, but as we reach peak heating additional showers and thunderstorms may redevelop. However, due to cloud cover limiting instability, I do not think precipitation on station is warranted. Will amend as needed if it looks like redevelopment will be widespread. Overnight, our attention turns to fog/BR. Guidance is pretty aggressive in developing fog/br overnight so Brought JBR and MKL down to MVFR levels and JAN/TUP down to MVFR levels. Gradual improvement is expected tomorrow. Additional showers and possibly a thunderstorm is possible tonight, but coverage is not expected to be significant. 30 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 330 PM CDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-102230- 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- 330 PM CDT Fri Aug 9 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...Saturday through Thursday A round of dangerous heat is expected Sunday through Tuesday. Heat index values could exceed 110 degrees especially on Monday and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Landspout formed between Darling and Falcon. No damage was reported.
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