MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY
West Tennessee Weather Online Jackson TN
910 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2009

…A Cool, Wet October…

…TEMPERATURE DATA…

October 2009 had an average temperature of 57.6 deg at the McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport.  This was 3.5 deg below average and ties 2006 and 2001 as the 6th coolest October on record. The average high was 67.5 deg and the average low was 47.6 deg.  The highest temperature recorded was 86 deg on the 8th and the lowest was 32 on the 18th.

…PRECIPITATION DATA…

October is typically the second driest month for Jackson, however this year is has been the second wettest so far. Total rainfall was 7.35 inches.  This ranks as the third wettest October on record.  The greatest 24 hour total was on the 30th when 1.79 inches of rain fell.

…MISC. DATA…

The highest wind gust was 33 mph on the 9th.

…DATA FROM OTHER CLIMATE STATIONS IN JACKSON/MADISON COUNTY…

NORTH JACKSON

Total Precipitation:1.99″
Greatest 24-Hr. Amount: 1.99″ on the 30th

WEST JACKSON – Experiment Station
(There were two days of missing data)

Total Precipitation: 8.04″
Greatest 24-Hr Amount: 2.00” on the 30th

SOUTH JACKSON – Bemis

Additional information from South Jackson-Bemis is available at:  http://monthlyclimate.wordpress.com
Eddie Holmes, Meteorologist

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
910 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009

…24-HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS & PRELIMINARY OCTOBER 2009 TOTALS…

JACKSON’S MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALLY RECEIVED 1.79 INCHES OF RAIN, SHATTERING THE RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE DATE.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.95 INCH SET IN 1972. YESTERDAY’S RAINFALL PUSHED THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO 7.35 INCHES WHICH MAKES OCTOBER 2009 THE THIRD WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.

BELOW IS A TALLY OF RAINFALL REPORTS FROM MADISON COUNTY COCORAHS OBSERVERS (www.cocorahs.org) FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS AND FOR OCTOBER 2009.

STATION               24 HOUR     OCTOBER ‘09

JACKSON 8.5 ESE    2.15″        8.16″
MEDINA 3.0 SE      2.05″         N/A
JACKSON 4.0 NE     1.99″        7.99″
JACKSON 4.3 N      1.97″        7.84″
GADSDEN 4.9 SSE    1.88″        8.07″
JACKSON 5.0 SSE    1.82″        7.28″
AIRPORT                    1.79″        7.35″
JACKSON 5.6 NE     1.73″        7.68″
JACKSON 1.4 SW     1.38″        6.87″

EH

RECORD REPORT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
518 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

…RECORD RAINFALL IN THE AREA TODAY…A VERY WET OCTOBER…

AS OF 5 PM, JACKSON’S MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 1.21 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS SETS A NEW RECORD RAINFALL RECORD FOR OCTOBER 30TH AND THE
RAIN IS NOT OVER YET.  TODAY’S 5 PM TOTAL PUSHES THE MONTHLY TOTAL TO 6.77 INCHES.  THIS MAKES OCTOBER 2009 THE 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT THE
AIRPORT.

AS OF MID-AFTERNOON, OTHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND JACKSON INCLUDE BEMIS WITH 1.26 INCHES AND NORTH JACKSON 1.37 INCHES.  THIS BRINGS MONTHLY TOTALS AT THESE LOCATIONS TO 6.72 INCHES AND 7.37 INCHES RESPECTIVELY.

HOLMES

From the NWS:

* A SLOW MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

* STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

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.

(Friday, October 30, 2009) – GRLevel3 Doppler Radar showing large are of showers and thunderstorms associated with frontal systems affecting our area.  The leading edge of the rain, just after 5 AM, was from roughly Greenfield to Gadsden to Stanton to Germantown.  The cold front across AR will push to the Jackson area by early afternoon.  The flash flood watch has been extended to include another column of counties.  The watch includes the following counties:  WEAKLEY-GIBSON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-FAYETTE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-AND SHELBY. It will be in effect through Saturday morning. Rainfall totals in the watch area could easily fall in the range of 2 to 5 inches, perhaps 6 inches in some isolated spots. Most counties in Eastern AR are under a Flash Flood WARNING so West TN residents need to be ready to take action should a warning be issued as well.

…A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING TO MUCH OF MIDSOUTH
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…

.LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA
BY TONIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND STALL. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.

RICH MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF WILL INTERACT WITH
THIS FRONT…PRODUCING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. EVENTUALLY THE
FRONT WILL MOVE EAST…ENDING THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT BY EARLY
SATURDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH
AREA…WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN TRIMMED BACK ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE.
THE COUNTIES NOW UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 PM TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING ARE LAKE, OBION, DYER, LAUDERDALE, TIPTON AND
SHELBY.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES…
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LOCALLY
HIGHER TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

NWS/HOLMES

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009) – Based on current rainfall projections from the GFS gridded data and Hydrological Prediction Center rainfall in West TN will be between 2 and 3 inches with locally higher amounts (see graphic – * denotes Jackson’s location) .   This is for the period through 7 AM Saturday morning.

The 7 PM Tuesday GFS gridded data projected the Jackson area to receive around 3.08″ between 7 AM Thursday to 7 PM Friday.

A flash flood watch is in effect from Thursday afternoon until Saturday morning.  Area residents should flash flood safety rules and be prepared to take action should a flash flood warning be issued.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

…A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS TO PARTS
OF THE MIDSOUTH LATE THIS WEEK…

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY
NIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY NIGHT AND STALL.
THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

RICH MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF WILL INTERACT WITH
THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY…PRODUCING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST
SATURDAY MORNING. EVENTUALLY THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH…ENDING THE
HEAVY RAIN THREAT BY LATE SATURDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE
LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA…WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH…

* IN WEST TENNESSEE…CARROLL…CHESTER…CROCKETT…DYER…FAYETTE…GIBSON…
HARDEMAN…HAYWOOD…HENDERSON…HENRY…LAKE…LAUDERDALE…MADISON…OBION…SHELBY…TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR
THURSDAY NIGHT AND STALL OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKANSAS
THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. A RICH FEED OF MOISTURE FROM
THE GULF WILL INTERACT WITH THIS FRONT TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

* STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES…
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LOCALLY
HIGHER TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.

From the National Weather Service in Memphis:

517 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. RAINFALL OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH LATE IN THE WEEK.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM DYERSBURG...TO ARLINGTON...TO
BATESVILLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF
THE MIDSOUTH FRIDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
THE MAIN THREATS.

FLASH FLOODING IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...
WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE EAST OF THE RIVER.