A mesoscale convective system developed over Arkansas during the morning hours of July 14, 2023. The system fed on a very unstable and moist airmass as it moved across southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi.
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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.
A mesoscale convective system developed over Arkansas during the morning hours of July 14, 2023. The system fed on a very unstable and moist airmass as it moved across southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi. Isolated wind damage was reported in north Mississippi.
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 Jul 14, 8:23 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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National Weather Service Memphis TN
1027 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
ARZ036-MSZ001-TNZ088-141600-
Crittenden AR-DeSoto MS-Shelby TN-
1027 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Crittenden, western DeSoto and southwestern Shelby Counties through
1100 AM CDT...
At 1026 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pinckney, or 10 miles southwest of T O Fuller State Park, moving east
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Southaven, Horn Lake, Hernando, Memphis, Walls, Horseshoe Lake,
Pinckney, Lake Cormorant, Lynchburg, Eudora, Whitehaven, Newport,
Frees Corners, Nesbit, Glover, Jago, Robinson Gin, Alden, Twin Lakes
and West Days.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3506 9029 3502 8991 3476 9000 3483 9020
3486 9020 3486 9029 3488 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 285DEG 17KT 3495 9024
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DNMSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1035 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
TNZ048>050-088-089-141600-
Tipton TN-Fayette TN-Lauderdale TN-Shelby TN-Haywood TN-
1035 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Tipton,
northwestern Fayette, southeastern Lauderdale, western Haywood and
northeastern Shelby Counties through 1100 AM CDT...
At 1034 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ripley to 6 miles southeast of Covington
to near Cordova. Movement was east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Bartlett, Brownsville, Covington, Ripley, Lakeland, Arlington,
Somerville, Nutbush, Forked Deer, Eads, Dancyville, Warren, Macon,
Oakland, Mason, Henning, Gallaway, Gates, Stanton and Braden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 8936 3581 8935 3580 8935 3579 8933
3549 8926 3513 8946 3516 8980 3550 8963
3584 8962 3584 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 271DEG 12KT 3583 8955 3550 8955 3517 8973
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DNMSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1154 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
MSZ002-013-014-141730-
Lafayette MS-Marshall MS-Union MS-
1154 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Lafayette,
southwestern Union and southern Marshall Counties through 1230 PM
CDT...
At 1153 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Harmontown, or 11 miles north of Holly Springs National Forest,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Oxford, Cambridge, Harmontown, Denmark, Pinedale, Laws Hill, Etta,
Abbeville, Malone, Altus, Keel, Blackwater, Teckville, Burt, College
Hill Station, College Hill, Spraggins, Lafayette Springs and
Cornersville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3444 8972 3446 8972 3455 8969 3456 8967
3460 8967 3462 8966 3453 8914 3438 8919
3438 8925 3428 8925
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 286DEG 33KT 3451 8961
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DNMSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1218 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
MSZ002>005-014-141745-
Tippah MS-Marshall MS-Union MS-Benton MS-Alcorn MS-
1218 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Union,
southeastern Marshall, Tippah, Benton and southwestern Alcorn
Counties through 1245 PM CDT...
At 1218 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Canaan to near Snow Lake Shores
to near Bethlehem. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
New Albany, Ripley, Blue Mountain, Snow Lake Shores, Canaan,
Keownville, Gravestown, Walnut, Hickory Flat, Ashland, Potts Camp,
Falkner, Myrtle, Dumas, Kossuth, Shari, Chalybeate, Murry, Brody and
Spring Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 8868 3475 8872 3471 8872 3462 8880
3444 8888 3460 8940 3481 8934 3499 8911
3490 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 293DEG 34KT 3494 8902 3476 8918 3457 8926
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DNMSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1229 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
MSZ013>015-141800-
Lafayette MS-Pontotoc MS-Union MS-
1229 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Lafayette, northern Pontotoc and southern Union Counties through 100
PM CDT...
At 1229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pinedale, or 12 miles west of New Albany, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
New Albany, Pontotoc, Ecru, New Harmony, Etta, Pinedale, Thaxton,
Blue Springs, Hortontown, Poolville, Esperanza, Endville, Cherry
Creek, Chiwapa, Ellistown, Rough Edge, Nixon, Martintown, Wallerville
and Ingomar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3436 8934 3451 8929 3451 8927 3450 8926
3450 8925 3454 8924 3446 8883 3418 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 285DEG 24KT 3443 8923
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SWBThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was uprooted which damaged two water pipes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1125238.