A mesoscale convective system strengthened as it moved across southern Missouri into western Kentucky thanks to surface heating and increasing instability. This system produced an outflow boundary, causing damaging winds across parts of West Tennessee.
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A mesoscale convective system strengthened as it moved across southern Missouri into western Kentucky thanks to surface heating and increasing instability. This system produced an outflow boundary, causing damaging winds across parts of West Tennessee. The mesoscale convective system eventually sagged into Henry County, TN, resulting in large hail and damaging winds.
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 6, 12:01 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Memphis TN 101 PM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1244 PM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025 - An active weather pattern will continue through the weekend. The primary concerns will be damaging winds, large hail, and heavy rainfall. - Daily rounds of rain continue into next week. - Temperatures will generally remain near normal this weekend through next week with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s to near 70 degrees. && .DISCUSSION... (Today through Thursday) Issued at 331 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025 206 Very warm, humid conditions are in place across the Midsouth with a few showers over northeast Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel. Any showers this morning will have to contend with low level stability and weak shear, likely keeping the severe threat low through tomorrow morning. By early afternoon, a decaying MCS is forecast to move through the region as displayed by the HRRR/HREF. Convective coverage is somewhat uncertain, but the prevailing sentiment amongst CAMs is that an outflow boundary harboring a few showers and storms is possible. Additionally, given the timing of the MCS's passage, subsident and less unstable conditions would persist into the normal diurnal max of instability. Therefore, additional uncertainty presents itself this evening regarding convective coverage, but storm development is still expected. Given the summer-like airmass in place and increasing shear, any storms are likely to organize and offer a primary wind and hail threat which has prompted a slight (level 2/5) risk for severe weather across the entire area. Similarly warm and humid conditions are expected tonight into tomorrow. The upper pattern will retain its zonal shape with model guidance bringing a shortwave down through the Plains towards the Midsouth through Saturday afternoon. More afternoon convection would be likely as this feature moves through the region as ample CAPE and shear would be in place. SPC has a slight (level 2/5) risk of severe weather for Saturday afternoon, primarily for wind and hail. This risk could potentially change as convective uncertainties are ironed out over the next day. Regardless, with more upper forcing, storms may persist longer into the night Saturday with a larger coverage of severe potential. By late Saturday night and in to Sunday morning, a cold front pushes showers and storms south through the region into north Mississippi Sunday morning. Somewhat cooler conditions are expected beyond this point north of the front, which is forecast to stall somewhere in Mississippi and maintain this latitude, through next week. Both surface and upper ridging will build as well with northwest flow taking shape by Monday beneath another upper low over the Great Lakes. Diurnal jumps in instability will bring shower and storm chances each day throughout the week, especially over the southern half of the region. Severe chances appear low, but a few marginally severe storms could be possible if instability is able to over perform. Gradual warming of highs back into the mid to upper 80s is also likely towards the end of the period. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1257 PM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025 KNQA radar showed an eastward-moving convectively-generated low pressure system north of LIT. This feature will likely aid SHRA/TSRA development this afternoon. After this feature passes and daytime heating weakens, the lower atmosphere should stabilize. VFR and light winds are expected for the late evening MEM inbound push. Next round of TSRA will arrive around 12Z Saturday. This system should be fairly progressive, developing a potential for strong winds at TUP later in the morning. General TSRA expected to develop over the Midsouth Saturday afternoon as the atmosphere remains warm and quite humid. PWB && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...JAB AVIATION...PWB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1202 PM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025
TNZ004-021-022-061800-
Carroll TN-Benton TN-Henry TN-
1202 PM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BENTON...NORTHEASTERN
CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...
At 1202 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Huntingdon, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
McKenzie, Huntingdon, Camden, New Johnsonville, Bruceton, Vale,
Hollow Rock, Big Sandy, Hillard, Mansfield, Manleyville, Hico, Mixie,
Spring Creek, Crews Store, Tate, Ephesus, Buena Vista, and Nathan
Bedford Forrest State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3605 8799 3602 8800 3594 8847
3611 8853 3630 8795 3627 8794 3622 8795
3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 253DEG 21KT 3606 8842
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
AC3The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility poles were knocked down along McClellan Road in northwest Jackson.
Trees and powerlines down on Highway 114 along the Carroll and Henry County line.
A tree was knocked down across Copper Spring Rd.
A tree was knocked down across Old Springville Rd.
Golf ball-sized hail near the Paris-Henry County Airport.
A large tree was knocked down across Holiday Hills Lane in Counce, TN.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1273643, 1273645, 1273646, 1273647, 1273640, 1273641, 1273648.