Tornado Warning for Madison County Cancelled

1249 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009

…THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED…

AT 1248 AM CDT…WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA …AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE…THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

Tornado Warning for Madison County…Storms Are East of the County

Storms are east of Madison County and moving AWAY from the county.

Severe T’storm Watch Expanded; Storms North of I-40 Pushing East

(Saturday, July 4, 2009) – The NWS in Memphis has expanded the Severe Thunderstorm Watch (#547) to include Carroll and Henry Counties.  This is in addition to Lake, Obion and Weakley Counties already under the watch which continues through 8 PM. 

Shortly before 6 PM CDT, NWS Doppler radar was inticating a band of scattered thunderstorms from near Dresden to Newbern to Dyersburg. The storms are moving east at 40 mph.  The strongest activity was in Dyer County.  Severe thunderstorms are impacting the Jackson Purchase area of Western KY.  West TN residents near the KY state line need to monitor the movement of those storms this evening.

Severe Risk Appears to be Diminishing Some

…Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Effect Until 8 PM for Lake, Obion and Weakley Counties…

From the NWS in Memphis:

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT. THE TIME OF GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

Severe Weather Possible Later Today

 

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS NORTH OF LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. PEOPLE WITH PLANS TO ATTEND OUTDOOR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

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