July 31, 2009 by ParsonsWeather.com.

A National Weather Service survey team rated tornado damage in Henderson County today. The team found two tornado damage tracks along with straight wind damage.

The first track ran from near Mills and Darden roads to old Jackson Road. Damage included one outbuilding destroyed…a second outbuilding damaged…large trees limbs broken…power lines down and a Mobile home shoved into a power pole. The team rated the tornado as EF-1 damage with peak wind gusts to 90 mph. The tornado width was 100 yards and the length was four miles.

The second track impacted the town of Wildersville near Webb Road.
Damage included shingles removed from a church…significant structural damage to a shed next to the church…tree limb damage and a broken power pole. The team rated this tornado as EF-0 damage with peak gusts to 80 mph. The tornado width was 30 yards and length was 200 yards.

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July 29, 2009 by ParsonsWeather.com.

A record daily low maximum temperature of 76 degrees was reached in Jackson. This temperature broke the previous record of 81 set in 2006.

A record daily low maximum temperature of 79 degrees was reached in Memphis. This temperature broke the previous record of 80 set in 1946.

The high temperature in Parsons was 74.4 degrees.

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July 19, 2009 by ParsonsWeather.com.

A record low temperature of 56 degrees was set at Jackson on July 20. This breaks the old record of 60 set in 2004. The low temperature in Parsons was 56 degrees.

A record low temperature of 55 degrees was set at Jackson on July 19. This breaks the old record of 59 degrees set in 1984.  The low temperature in Parsons was 55.1 degrees.

A record low maximum temperature of 80 degrees was set at Jackson on July 19. This breaks the old record of 85 set in 2004. The high temperature in Parsons was 79 degrees.

A record low maximum temperature of 78 degrees was set at Jackson on July 18. This breaks the old record of 84 set in 1976. The high temperature in Parsons was 80.1 degrees.

A record low temperature of 60 degrees was set at the Memphis on July 18. This breaks the old record of 65 set in 2000. The low temperature in Parsons was 57 degrees.

A record low maximum temperature of 82 degrees was set at Jackson on July 17. This broke the old record of 83 set back in 1992. The high temperature in Parsons was 85 degrees.

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July 16, 2009 by ParsonsWeather.com.

Our area saw some very strong thunderstorms on the evening of July 15th. The storms brought heavy rains, gusty winds and cloud to ground lightning. Numerous areas were flooded as a result of the sudden heavy rainfall, Parsons received 2.88″ of rain. The heaviest rain occurred in the Sugar Tree area of Decatur County and the Holladay area of Benton County. The National Weather Service estimates rainfall in those areas to be approx 8.50″. Law enforcement reported briefly seeing rotation in the clouds and a funnel trying to form over Parsons, but it dissipated.

WSMV-TV Channel 4 sent us these radar images of the storm.

This image is from the Channel 4 PinPoint 3D Storm Scan. An isolated funnel isn’t depicted because the circulation was surrounded by heavy rain and hail in the mid levels of the atmosphere, and the radar is unable to see below 10,000ft in our area due to our distance from the radar site.

This image shows base velocity data from the Memphis radar. Bright greens show strong wind toward Memphis. Bright reds show strong winds away from Memphis. The areas of bright green and bright red immediately adjacent to each other in the center of the image shows possible rotation.

Thank you to Meteorologist Dan Thomas and WSMV-TV Channel 4 for supplying the images.

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