Jackson to Post the 8th Wettest July on Record

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN

755 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009

 

…UNOFFICIALLY THE 8TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD IN JACKSON…

THE MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT IN JACKSON RECEIVED 1.01″ OF RAIN THURSDAY. THIS BRINGS THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL TO 6.94″. THIS TOTAL BRINGS JACKSON’S JULY RANKING TO THE 8TH WETTEST ON RECORDS SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1948.

THIS TOTAL WILL BE OFFICIAL AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN THE MONTH ENDS.

EH

Storm Reports from Thursday’s Severe Weather

DAMAGE SURVEY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

659 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

…PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINES EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THIS AFTERNOON IN CORDOVA…AROUND 450 PM THURSDAY/JULY 30/ A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN CORDOVA… TENNESSEE…AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE WOLFCHASE MALL. THE TORNADO HAS A PRELIMINARY PATH OF 5 MILES LONG AND WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY SETS THE TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 80 TO 90 MPH…AND IS AN EF-0.

 

The lastest individual storm reports are found here.

Personal Weather Station in Henning TN Records 86 MPH Wind

time (UTC)	temp F	wind direction	speed MPH	gust MPH	rain 1hr in	rain 24hr in	rain mn in	humidity %	barometer mb
20090730224810	74	185	3.0	6.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	87	1010.8
20090730224311	74	135	0.0	7.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	87	1011.5
20090730223811	74	150	5.0	7.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1010.5
20090730223314	74	158	4.0	5.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1010.5
20090730222810	75	248	4.0	9.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1010.2
20090730222308	75	180	5.0	9.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1009.8
20090730221808	76	270	7.0	25.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1010.2
5:13PM	76	326	14.0	86.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1009.8
5:08 PM	77	319	51.0	86.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	87	1009.8
20090730215602	78	28	5.0	7.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	86	1008.8
20090730214530	79	8	2.0	4.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	85	1010.2

TORNADO WATCH Until Midnight

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 640 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WEST TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

CARROLL   CROCKETT   DECATUR   DYER   GIBSON   HAYWOOD   HENDERSON   HENRY   LAUDERDALE   MADISON   OBION   SHELBY   TIPTON   WEAKLEY

Flash Flood Watch Into Friday Morning

329 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEST TENNESSEE…

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY WHILE A COLD FRONT STARTS TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. IN WEST TENNESSEE THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

CARROLL…CHESTER…CROCKETT…DECATUR…FAYETTE…GIBSON…HARDEMAN…HARDIN…HAYWOOD…HENDERSON…HENRY…MADISON…MCNAIRY AND WEAKLEY.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAIN IN JULY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RUNOFF POTENTIAL… AND WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING MORE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Sunday Sunset Skyscape

(Sunday, July 26, 2009) – In keeping with my friend Erik at MemphisWeather.net I post some sunset shots of a stunning/stormy horizon:

From Jackson Looking East: Storm over Hickman County

Storm over Lawrence County, TN

Looking SSE from Jackson: Storm over McNairy County. By far the most impressive!

Close-up of McNairy Storm

STREAK OF “NO-90′S” COMES TO AN END ON SATURDAY IN NORTH JACKSON

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
630 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009
…STREAK OF “NO-90′S” COMES TO AN END ON SATURDAY…

HERE AT THE NORTH JACKSON CLIMATE STATION, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SATURDAY WAS 91º.  THIS ENDED A CONSECUTIVE STREAK OF NINE DAYS WITH HIGHS LESS THAN 90º. MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT FAILED TO HIT 90º SATURDAY WITH A HIGH OF 89º.  THIS CHALKS UP NUMBER TEN AT THE AIRPORT.

EH

July Remains on Track for the Record Books

July of 2009 is proving once again that International Falls is rightly nick-named the “Nation’s Icebox”. As of July 22nd, International Falls, MN has had an average temperature this month of 57.6 degrees F. This is 8.2 degrees F below normal and a sturdy place to go into the record books as the coldest July ever observed at International Falls. July of 1992 currently hold this record where the monthly average temperature was 59.4 degrees F. There have been zero cooling degrees day this July. The average number of cooling degrees days for July is 91. The average monthly temperature at the Duluth Airport as of July 22nd was 61.3 degrees F; 3.9 degrees below normal. This July is in a favorable running to make the top ten coldest July’s on record since observations began in 1871. In comparison, the Minneapolis/St Paul Airport was 3.5 degrees below normal for July as of the 22nd. Since June 1st, there have been five new daily record low temperatures set this summer at International Falls. One quite impressive record this month is the new record coldest daytime maximum temperature of 53 degrees F that was set on July 16th. This was a full 10 degrees F below the previous record set in 1956. July 16th 2009 also now holds the record for the coldest daily average temperature of 51 degree F for this date. So far this July each daily average has been at or below the 30 year normal. The International Falls Airport did reach 80 degrees F once this month, on the 10th, but has also seen four nights in the 30s, two of which fell to 35 degrees F. (NWS)

Flash Flood Watch Through Tonight

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT…

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

56º Smashes Old Record Low for the Date in Jackson

RECORD REPORT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
745 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

…NEW RECORDS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY…

THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT IN JACKSON WAS 56º. THIS ESTABLISHES AN NEW RECORD LOW FOR JULY 20TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 60º LAST REACHED IN 2004.  THE NORTH JACKSON CLIMATE STATION HAD A LOW OF 58º.

SUNDAY’S HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE JACKSON AIRPORT WAS 80º. THIS SMASHED THE RECORD FOR THE LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 85 LAST REACHED IN 2004. THE NORTH JACKSON CLIMATE STATION HAD A HIGH OF 81º ON SUNDAY. THE SOUTH JACKSON/BEMIS CLIMATE STATION HAD A HIGH ON SUNDAY OF 82º

EH
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