Category: event recap

September 2024 Climate Report for Memphis, TN

October 5, 2024

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, climate data, event recap, Uncategorized

Cooler than average temps and 2 sets of tropical remnants highlighted September
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Recap of the March 31, 2023 tornado outbreak in the Memphis area

April 6, 2023

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, severe thunderstorms, tornado

A severe weather outbreak, producing multiple strong tornadoes from a small handful of supercell thunderstorms, affected the Memphis region on the evening of […]
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Ice Storm 2022 recap, a quiet week ahead, and “adieu” to an intern

February 6, 2022

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, forecast discussion, ice storm, intern

Recap of Ice Storm 2022 Wow, what a storm! Unfortunately, the forecasts leading up to Thursday’s ice storm proved to be fairly accurate. […]
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Wrapping up the January 16, 2022 snow event

January 16, 2022

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, snow, winter weather

Well, that was fun! That is one way to describe about 3 days on non-stop hand-wringing over one of the most challenging winter […]
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Recapping Friday night’s storms, plus a moment of gratitude

December 11, 2021

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Erik Proseus

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event recap

Decided it would be appropriate, maybe cathartic, to sit down a put a few thoughts on electronic paper after last night’s severe weather […]
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Pattern shift brings highest rain chances in a month

July 10, 2021

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, forecast discussion

Prior to yesterday’s deluge (for some of you), the previous month has been abnormally dry. We started June with very wet weather, particularly […]
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Temperatures and snowfall records set during the recent Arctic Outbreak

February 20, 2021

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, record temps, snow, winter storm, winter weather

Now that we are back above freezing (at least during the day) and the #StupidCold Arctic Outbreak is receding, we can look back […]
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Cold weather moderates this week as rain chances increase this weekend

April 14, 2020

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, forecast discussion

We experienced a wide variety of weather over the past week! Daily high temperatures varied from the low 80s to the upper 50s. […]
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Reviewing the past decade at MemphisWeather.net

December 31, 2019

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Erik Proseus

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cirrus weather solutions, event recap, intern, jackson weather, mobile applications, social media, stormwatch+, TeamMWN

As we come to the end of the 2010’s and get ready to start messing up the 3rd digit when we write or […]
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Second verse, same as the first: Another round of rain & storms, then Canadian cold

April 5, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, forecast discussion

Another big front arrives Friday evening, resulting in yet another heavy rain threat and trailing Canadian air, but first we take a quick […]
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Recap of Saturday’s severe weather, and more rain??

February 26, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, flash flood, flooding, severe thunderstorms

Given the first Enhanced Risk outlook for Memphis since May 27 (you recall the Memorial Day weekend Tom Lee Storm right?), we fared […]
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Meteorologist perspectives on #Eclipse2017, and what happened “out east”

August 21, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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eclipse, event recap

Some may call it overrated. Others a let down. Others still, a case of bad luck. A rain cloud in the wrong place […]
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Memphis in May-hem: 105 mph microburst damage in Frayser

May 29, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, microburst, MLGW, severe thunderstorms, storm damage

WOW, that was quite a storm! Memphis Light Gas and Water reports that, at peak, 188,000 customers were without power at some point […]
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Storm recap: wind damage in Bartlett, TN Sunday morning (4/30/2017)

May 4, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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damaging wind, event recap, severe thunderstorms, tornado

As many folks were in worship services this past Sunday morning, a series of storms moved across the metro with high wind and […]
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Snow day recap – perhaps it wasn’t ideal, but it was interesting!

January 7, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, snow, weather 102

Well, many of you got your wish – a day at home for kids and many parents alike! Enough snow fell to call […]
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Strong storms precede Arctic cold & a commentary on storm warnings

December 18, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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arctic cold, commentary, event recap, severe thunderstorms

As we predicted in our Friday evening blog, this was indeed a wild and wacky weekend in Mid-South weather. An Arctic cold front, […]
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Updated look at the holiday weekend & “Dr. Dewpoint” strikes again!

June 29, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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dewpoint, event recap, forecast discussion, weather 101

It’s been an interesting start to the week in Mid-South weather. We started off on Monday with an outflow boundary, or gust front, […]
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Waterlogged Mid-South begins to dry out, and a little commentary

March 14, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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commentary, event recap, flooding, severe weather

Recap of the past week What an amazing weather week! The stage was set with daily record rainfall amounts on Wednesday and Thursday […]
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Tornadoes behind, floods ahead as 2016 arrives cool and dry

January 1, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, flooding, mississippi river, tornado

Happy New Year Mid-South! Today’s blog looks back at details of the twin violent tornadoes that struck north MS, including Holly Springs in […]
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After yesterday, severe weather is now in the rear-view mirror… right?

December 24, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, forecast discussion

Wow, what a day. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms swept through areas from the Midwest and Ohio Valley into the Mid-South on Wednesday […]
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