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.

 

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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.