Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains Today

Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce additional flash flooding today across parts of the southern Plains where the greatest risk is along the Red River Valley into western Arkansas. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today from north central Texas into the ArkLaTex Region. Large to very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are all possible, with some strong-tornado potential. Read More >

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The Historic North Mississippi Flash Floods of June 2021: A Flash Analysis - (Poster)
by Mike Johnson and Kati McNeil
Memphis Office Note 2021-01: Mid-South Tornado Climatology Study
by Gavin Fry
Mid-South Severe Weather Climatology Study
by Ryan Husted
Memphis National Weather Service Perspective of the Severe Weather Outbreak of May 2003 - Focus on the F4 Madison County, Tennessee Tornado
by Jonathan L. Howell, Gregory R. Garrett, Scott J. McNeil, Daniel N. Valle
The Mid South Derecho - 22 July 2003
by Scott J. McNeil, Jonathan L. Howell, Gregory R. Garrett, Daniel N. Valle
Severe Weather Climatology for the NWSFO Memphis County Warning Area
by David Gaffin and Richard Smith, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-169, July 1995
A Rainfall Climatology of the NWSFO Memphis County Warning Area
by David M. Gaffin and Joseph C. Lowery, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-175, May 1996
Wake Low Severe Wind Events in the Mississippi River Valley:
A Case Study of Two Contrasting Events
by David M. Gaffin, Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 14, No. 5, American Meteorological Society, pp. 581-603, October 1999

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