An upper level disturbance amidst northwest flow aloft brought a line of severe thunderstorms to portions of west Tennessee during the late afternoon and early evening hours of June 21st.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance amidst northwest flow aloft brought a line of severe thunderstorms to portions of west Tennessee during the late afternoon and early evening hours of June 21st.
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 Jun 21, 1:48 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
248 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
.DISCUSSION...
Current satellite/radar imagery shows two decent bow echos moving
through MO and IL. A 30kt LLJ from the southwest currently sits
over eastern Arkansas and is helping pump in moisture from the
south as dew points have been unbearable all day with values in
the mid-to-upper 70s. The storm complex in MO has taken a further
southward trend - making it possible for our northern counties to
get clipped. If the storms hold together, damaging winds will be a
concern as the storms will continue to move into a favorable
environment with plenty of instability as MLCAPE values over the
far northern portion of the CWA currently sits at 4,500 J/kg and
MUCAPE as high as 6,000 J/kg. One limiting factor is bulk shear,
with values maxing out at 30kts over the northern portions of the
CWA.
Additionally, the heat is also a concern and will continue to be
at least through tomorrow as an upper-level ridge builds over the
region through the weekend. Heat indices have reached over 100
degrees over most of the area today with much of the same expected
tomorrow. A weak shortwave at the 500mb level with associated PVA
will move through the northern portion of the CWA late this
evening; this could help keep the showers and thunderstorms
upstream going as they head towards the CWA, some of which could
be strong. However, with a building ridge at the 700mb level,
confidence on potential thunderstorms this evening is not great.
CAMS and short range models are not handling the current pattern
well, so this will likely have to be a nowcasting event if
something gets going over the area this evening.
Cooler air will move in after Sunday as a cold front moves through
the area. Models are in decent agreement on the timing of when the
front will arrive, however there are large differences in the
amount of precip that will fall. The GFS as expected is a little
faster with the front moving in Sunday night and into Monday
morning. The NAM and ECMWF are in a little better agreement with
the front moving through Monday afternoon and evening. However,
the NAM is much drier. Behind the front, slightly cooler air is
expected with weak perturbations moving through the area with a
zonal and more progressive pattern through the week. The heat
looks to return late next week with a building ridge.
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KRF
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.AVIATION...18Z TAFs
MVFR ceilings are slowly improving this morning and should lift to
VFR in the next hour or so. Generally dry weather is expect this
afternoon but there is a potential for an evening/overnight MCS to
move southeast across portions of west TN. Confidence remains low
so no mention will be made in the forecast at this time. Low
clouds are expected to develop again tomorrow morning, mainly
south of I-40. Gusty south to southwest winds will diminish
slightly this evening, increasing again on Saturday.
MJ
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.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Crittenden-Cross-
Lee AR-Phillips-St. Francis.
MO...None.
MS...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Calhoun-Chickasaw-
Coahoma-DeSoto-Monroe-Panola-Quitman-Tallahatchie-Tate-
Tunica-Yalobusha.
TN...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Shelby.
&&Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 230 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-221215- 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- 230 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas... the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat advisory in effect until early this evening for portions of east Arkansas...Southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi as the heat index values will reach over 105 for a couple hours. Most of the Mid-South will see heat index values this afternoon between 100 and 105, with the exception of areas that thunderstorms develop. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms north and east of a line from about Corning, Arkansas, to Bolivar, Tennessee, to Corinth, Mississippi, for today and tonight. Main threat of storms will be high winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Saturday the hot and humid weather will continue with heat index values generally between 100 to 105. Sunday will bring a chance for some strong storms before the front system pushes into the Mid-South. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. TLSJr
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
445 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
ARZ009-018-MOZ113-212230-
Greene AR-Clay AR-Dunklin MO-
445 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR...
Northwestern Greene County in eastern Arkansas...
Clay County in eastern Arkansas...
Northeastern Dunklin County in southeastern Missouri...
At 444 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing winds to 50 mph was
located over Neelyville, or 11 miles northeast of Corning, moving
southeast at 10 mph.
Outflow winds will arrive well in advance of thunderstorms.
People in northwestern Greene...Clay and northeastern Dunklin
Counties should monitor this storm closely.
LAT...LON 3663 8996 3633 8996 3617 9081 3629 9081
3630 9079 3628 9075 3641 9075 3643 9078
3650 9078 3650 9022 3654 9021 3655 9019
3659 9019 3663 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 308DEG 12KT 3656 9049Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
523 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
TNZ001>003-212315-
Weakley TN-Lake TN-Obion TN-
523 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR...
Northern Weakley County in western Tennessee...
Eastern Lake County in western Tennessee...
Obion County in western Tennessee...
Winds to 50 mph will be possible over the advisory area through 615
PM CDT, associated with outflow from strong to severe thunderstorms
over Kentucky.
These thunderstorms will move southeast into northwest Tennessee
through 6 PM. Severe thunderstorm warnings may follow if trends
continue.
People in northern Weakley...eastern Lake and Obion Counties should
monitor this storm closely.
LAT...LON 3650 8852 3643 8852 3629 8863 3624 8952
3650 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 314DEG 20KT 3660 8942The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees, power lines and utility poles down across Union City.
Multiple trees down in Martin.
Two large oak trees and several apple trees were down off of East Union Grove Road north of Kenton.
Large tree down across Highway 54 south of Dresden near Liberty Road.
Trees down along Highway 45 near Sharon. A building was also damaged on Main Street in town.
Large tree down on Highway 89 near Travis Chapel Road.
Tractor trailer blown over on Highway 412 in Dyersburg.
Roof pulled off a motel south of Dyersburg.
Multiple trees down on Kyle Lane northeast of Paris.
Trees down on Atwood Street.
Trees and power lines down on Barren Springs Road west of Vale.
Multiple trees down and power outages across the city of Camden and in Benton County.
Several trees down across Henderson County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2019
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: 828256, 828257, 828259, 828262, 828263, 828264, 828265, 836658, 828266, 828267, 828268, 828270, 828271.