Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed as a warm front lifted north across West Tennessee. Enough instability and low-level shear were present to encourage the development of a few mini super cells.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed as a warm front lifted north across West Tennessee. Enough instability and low-level shear were present to encourage the development of a few mini super cells. One mini supercell produced wind damage north of Dyersburg.
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 Apr 4, 12:43 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Memphis radar (KNQA), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof was ripped off an outbuilding, and a tree was knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2025
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: 1282475.