Category: mississippi river
-
The big weather story for the Mid-South is the arrival of beautiful fall weather that has stuck around for a few weeks now. While fortunate in that we can enjoy some terrific weather and not worry about rain-out’s, the flip side is that drought is once again taking hold on the region, affecting everything from…
Read more
-
Today we present another edition of the “MWN Lightning Round” with brief thoughts on a few topics. We’ll start with water… Mississippi River Flooding It’s good news when, just like a severe weather event not panning out, the river crests below predicted levels during a flood. A week ago, the Mississippi River forecast called for…
Read more
-
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 the far southeast metro, some statistics on the year that was, and looks ahead to an unusual river flooding event for this time of year. Mississippi Twisters With a primed atmosphere in place,…
Read more
-
Typically springtime is when farmers, tug boat captains, the Corps of Engineers, and countless others whose livelihood depends on the Mississippi River anticipate high water. This year, however, the spring flood season was marked by minimal, if any, flooding. The Mid-South appeared to have made it through high-water season without a hitch. Unfortunately, the excess…
Read more
-
This is Not a Tornado Lets start another edition of the MWN Lightning Round off with an image that went viral over the weekend from a Double-A baseball game in McKinney, Texas. As you can see from the title of this section, this is indeed NOT a tornado, despite the headlines and captions on the…
Read more
-
A couple of days ago, I blogged about the Lower Mississippi River beginning it’s annual spring rise as Flood Advisories were issued for the Memphis gauge. Today, this statement was released by the National Weather Service here in Memphis: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1257 PM CST THU APR 25 2013 …WATER…
Read more
-
It’s spring and that means the annual water rise on the Mississippi River is underway. Thanks to rainfall in the middle Mississippi and (mainly) Ohio Rivers and some snow melt upstream, the river gauge at Memphis has begun it’s climb. This morning, the NWS issued a Flood Advisory for Crittenden, and Lee Counties in AR,…
Read more
-
The Dredge Hurley, owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photo courtesy USACE/Memphis District. Low water continues to cause trouble on the Mississippi River at Memphis. This morning’s stage of -8.5 feet is a slight drop from yesterday. The forecast is for a continued slow drop to -9 feet by this weekend. River forecasts…
Read more
-
A few weeks ago, we posted about the worsening drought conditions as we headed into a pattern in which temperatures topped 100 degrees on a daily basis. After last week’s wetter pattern, how much did that rain impact the drought? Actually, very little. While it may have put a pause to the downhill trend, scattered…
Read more
-
Here we go! The top 2 Mid-South weather stories of 2011 are revealed below. To read about the other 9, follow the links below: Part 1 (#11 Aurora Borealis appears in Mid-South skies, #10 MWN at the forefront of social media nowcasting, #9 Addition of key team members helps MWN expand it’s presence) Part 2…
Read more
-
The recent flooding has brought more attention to river gauges than perhaps any time in recent history. One of the questions I have heard multiple times over the past few weeks, phrased in different ways, is why one river rises much more quickly than another after local rainfall. Many folks don’t understand why the Mississippi…
Read more
-
The following pics were all taken by Cirrus Weather Solutions / MemphisWeather.net on May 9, 2011 as the Mississippi River reached a stage of 47.8 feet on the Memphis gauge. This is the second highest all-time reading in Memphis and the first time it has been above 41 feet since the Great Flood of 1937, which set the record…
Read more
