The Big Storm

“They are saying that a very large storm will be hitting Memphis late tonight and early tommorrow morning. If it is anything like that last one we had I dont want to be here. We had 100 mph straight line winds and very heavy rain. Power around the city was out for more than 3 weeks. I am a little worried.”

“Umm,,,who are "they"?”

“You know, the MAN.”

“they came and ate everything...better call..


GODZILLA!!!!”

“The SUITS in the Black Helicoptors?”

“...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 533 AM CST MON NOV 17 2003
... SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...

THE BIG WEATHER STORY IS A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE QUITE VIGOROUS WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET... AMPLE GULF MOISTURE... AND A POTENT SURFACE COLD FRONT.

MOISTURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE MIDSOUTH AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM TODAY. BY TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MIDSOUTH WILL EXTEND FROM 10 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT WILL EXIST AFTER 10 PM FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS... SPREADING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND INTO THE EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE AFTER 3 AM. THE THREAT SHOULD END ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE TENNESSEE RIVER INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING.

AT THIS TIME... THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE FORECAST FOR THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM AND HAZARDS IT MAY POSE TO THE MID SOUTH REGION....”

“The weather men damnit!”

“Wow, Fritz is The MAN.
He seemed so down to earth and unassuming. I never knew.”

“I am always a little suspicious of the forecast when "they" is the weekend weather guy.

Last week he was the janitor, this weekend he is a meteoroligist.

Hell, the full time "weather guy" probably has a degree in something like political science.”

“dammit Fritz, the next time you want to slice, dice and puree me, please give me a little more notice....


cottonsocks is gloating here today...


note to self: never ask the wife questions you don't already know the answer to.”

“I was hoping “them” was the giant ants, much more interesting.”

“slice, dice, and puree?

Is that what I did?

Geez...I really should be more careful...

Sorry dude. :)”

“let's put it this way....she suddenly had a big hammer to hit me over the head with


;-)”

“It was perhaps the all caps that emboldened her. So what does she want from you? An airline tcket to the islands? I don't want to suggest anything specific, I have caused you enough trouble already.”

“LMAO.

Gee, thanks. My internet friends are really helping out today.”

“with a little help from your friends...(or something like that).”

“Hey Stikmon!”

“A three-week trip to the islands should make her forget the forecast, and any latent desire to whomp you over the head.”

“I dont need any more ideas you guys. I have plenty of my own. hehehehehe”

“ARZ036-MSZ001-007-008-TNZ088-172300-
UPDATED
CRITTENDEN-DE SOTO-SHELBY-TATE-TUNICA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...WEST MEMPHIS
1024 AM CST MON NOV 17 2003

.THIS AFTERNOON...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
SEVERE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...
GUSTING TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 40.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S AND HIGHS IN THE MID
60S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 50S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S.”

“thanks BP”

“i am so sorry that i had to bring you this storm. my apologies for any inconvenience it may cause. have a nice day : )”

“i am so sorry that i had to bring you this storm. my apologies for any inconvenience it may cause. have a nice day : )"
StormBringer

smarta$$”

“Bummer. Hope it dosen't turn out to be too bad.”

“u better worry to dude”

“Bring on the rain too fill those creeks and make nice waterfalls!!!


Hooser National Forest needs lots of rain anyway!

8)”

“Hope you all will be all right. I traveled through Memphis at the end of my vacation. I had never been near tornadoes before. But, In KY and TN they were having them all around us. It really freaked me out!”

“your powers are miniscule compared to mine...I have successfully thwarted your efforts to get cottonsocks socks soaking wet...

Your storm was abated (big word for prevented).

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I am Stikmon...the greatest of the living Wizards!!!!! now go away.”

“I just spoke with our meteorologist. She says we could get some wicked thunderstorms from this front. Hope you guys farther north don't get it too bad.”

“What, it stormed last night?

I didn't notice.”

“All the fields had standing water this morning.”

“It was pretty bad even Chili slept through it.”

“As long as I don't hear windows crashing or the roof being torn off,,,it isn't enought storm to get out of bed over.”

“I sleep through storms. Almost slept through the one that hit clarksville that time, but then my friend called. (for some reason I always hear the phone)”

“I saw the biggest rainbow of my life this afternoon.”

“I don't thing a tattoo on a stripper ass counts as a true rainbow, bacpac.”