A very small swath of Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River in late August. Soil moisture and crop moisture remained below normal for August.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A very small swath of Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River in late August. Soil moisture and crop moisture remained below normal for August. Extreme (D3) Conditions neared the Tennessee River Valley, but enough rainfall from Tropical Storm Francine across West Tennessee prohibited the worsening and spread of drought conditions.
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 27, 5:30 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 630 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 242 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 Hot and dry conditions will continue for the next several days. The pattern shifts to a little wetter and cooler by Friday throughout the weekend. A frontal passage on Labor Day will make for a pleasant start to next week. && .DISCUSSION... (Today through Monday) Issued at 242 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 Nighttime GOES satellite depicts all clear conditions coupled with observation sites reporting calm winds across the Mid-South. Despite this, low moisture content (5-10 degree dewpoint depressions) has precluded fog development this morning. Expect mostly a persistence forecast under the same midlevel 598 dam ridge for the next few days, but ever so slightly hotter today and tomorrow. NBM probabilistic guidance suggests about a 30-40% chance of temperatures exceeding 100 degrees for the next 2 days, especially east of the MS River under the most dominant part of the ridge. For context, these forecast 500 mb heights through midweek are about 10 dam above normal for this time of year. Fortunately, very weak flow will actually aid in keeping humidity at bay during the hottest part of the week. It'll certainly be hot with temperatures pushing 100 degrees areawide, but MaxApT or "feels like" temperatures are forecast to be within 1-2 degrees of the actual temperature today and tomorrow. This should preclude the need for heat headlines at least until Thursday when an approaching frontal boundary may pool some warmer, moister air across the Mid-South. Even then, the surface pattern may shift such that heat indices remain below 105 degrees. Something to watch. The aforementioned frontal boundary marks the beginning of a late week pattern shift to cooler and wetter. A more active period begins Friday as two cold fronts come down from the Central Plains. The main talking point with the first system is the potential for more widespread, much needed rain beginning on Friday afternoon. As of right now, kinematics look unimpressive with a relatively shallow trough. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms as PoPs will remain generally in the 40-50% range through the weekend. The second system early next week (Labor Day) is more of a reinforcement, further knocking temperatures and humidity down into quite pleasant territory just in time for meteorological fall. CAD && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 605 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 No significant changes were needed to the 12z TAFS. VFR conditions will prevail over the next 24 to 36 hours. Sustained winds will remain 6 knots or less through the period. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...CAD AVIATION...TAB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River and persisted for the remainder of the month.
Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River and persisted for the remainder of the month.
Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River and persisted for the remainder of the month.
Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River and persisted for the remainder of the month.
Severe (D2) Drought Conditions returned near the Tennessee River and persisted for the remainder of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2024
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: 1208537, 1208538, 1208539, 1208540, 1208541.