A weak surface low was situated near St. Louis, Missouri with a quasi-stationary front extending southeast into West Tennessee and northern Alabama.
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A weak surface low was situated near St. Louis, Missouri with a quasi-stationary front extending southeast into West Tennessee and northern Alabama. Aloft, a broad shortwave trough was present over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the region as surface heating intensified on June 1, 2024. Slow-moving scattered convection continued into the evening hours across northeast Mississippi. Heavy rainfall fell over Itawamba County resulting in isolated flash flooding.
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 1, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 900 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024 ...New UPDATE... .UPDATE... Issued at 857 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024 Minimal changes made to the forecast for this update. The main thing to watch overnight will be the potential for fog development. Otherwise, expect Sunday to be warm and mainly dry with afternoon highs in the mid to upper 80s. ANS && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 243 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024 Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue across much of the Mid-South through this evening as an upper level disturbance moves across the region. Thereafter, mainly rainfree and humid conditions will persist on Sunday. Unsettled weather will return on Monday and persist through mid week as several upper level disturbances rotate through the region. A cold front will push into the Mid-South late Wednesday night through Thursday with widespread showers and thunderstorms possible. Active weather will return next weekend as more upper level disturbances move through. && .DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Friday) Issued at 243 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024 The latest surface analysis places a 1011mb low near St. Louis with a quasi-stationary front extending southeast into west Tennessee and northern Alabama. Aloft, a broad shortwave was analyzed over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to develop and slowly move east across much of the Mid-South at this hour. This activity will decrease through the evening hours as the main shortwave begins to lift out and pivot eastward. Skies are expected to clear along and west of the Mississippi River late tonight with the potential of dense fog developing overnight. Further east, clouds may linger on the backside of the trough and limit widespread fog from forming. Sunday now appears to be a mostly dry day, albeit a bit humid. Upper level heights will build slightly in wake of the exiting shortwave. Weak zonal flow will persist across the region through midweek and allow at least a couple of weak waves to translate through. Active weather will return on Monday as a vort max moves across the Southern Plains and into the Mid-South. With the combination of a moderately unstable airmass in place and weak deep layer shear, a few strong storms are possible. Gusty winds and heavy rainfall are the main threats. Weak troughing will remain over the region on Tuesday with additional scattered shower and thunderstorm development possible during the day. Upper level flow will shift to the northwest by Wednesday and allow a cold front to move into the Mid-South and possibly stall out. This front will serve as a focus for showers and thunderstorms. Some drier air may work its way into areas north of I-40 by Thursday, but the airmass will remain quite moist. An expansive upper low will drop down into the Northern Plains on Thursday and expand all the way into the Ohio Valley by late week. The evolution of the upper low is not resolved by either of the main synoptic models at this point. Nonetheless, at least a couple pieces of energy will rotate around the large system and dive southeast into the Lower Mississippi Valley. This will bring yet another threat of showers and thunderstorms to the Mid-South next weekend. AC3 && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 545 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024 A few showers are ongoing across the Midsouth. Will include VCSH at MKL, for a few hours this evening. Otherwise, coverage should be minimal. South to southwest wind will weaken after sunset and expected to remain 6kts or less tomorrow and tomorrow night as a weak ridge and surface high pressure builds across the Midsouth. Patchy fog and stratus is possible late tonight at MKL and TUP. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...AC3 AVIATION...JDS
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding caused structural damage to a road culvert along Tombigbee Road near Mantachie.
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