Ngokuqinisekileyo, iMemphis ithola umyinge wee-intshi ezintathu zeqhwa ngonyaka. Le mali isasazeka ngaphezu kobusika kwaye ingaquka iintlobo zekhephu ezahlukeneyo.
Umlinganiselo weqhwa ngoJanuwari ngowama-intshi ama-2 kwaye i-snowfall ephakamileyo ngoFebruwari ngowama-intshi e-1, ngelixa kunqabileyo kakhulu kangangokuthi akukho nekhefu eliqhelekileyo kwezinye iinyanga ezili-10.
Abemi abaninzi bexesha elide baseMemphis balondoloza ukuba isixeko sasisebenzisa ikhephu elingaphezulu kunalo namhlanje.
Iingcamango zokuchaza ukuba kutheni ezo zinto ziza kubakho ukuquka ukufudumala kwehlabathi, ingcamango yokuba i-bluffs yoMlambo waseMississippi iyayichitha iqhwa, kwaye "i-Pyramid theory" ebonisa ukuba i- Bass Pro Pyramid ikhupha iziphepho zeqhwa ezivela entshona. Le nxalenye yokugqibela ayihlali ingavumelekanga kwaye ayinakwenzeka.
Iimbali ezibini ezinkulu zekhephu kwimbali yaseMemfsi zenzeke emashumi eminyaka edlulileyo, zinika ingqiqo kwingcamango yokuba isixeko sasiqhele ukubona ikhephu. Iyokuqala kwezi ziqhwala zenzeke phakathi koMatshi 16 no-17, ngo-1892 kwaye zifake iisentimitha eziyi-18 zekhephu emhlabathini. Okwesibini kwenzeka ngoMatshi 22, 1968 xa isixeko saphelile nge-intshi ezili-16,5 zekhephu.
Ngethuba i-Memphis ayinakufumana naphaya kwinqanaba lekhefu eliphakathi kwelizwe (eliyi-intshi ezingama-25 ngonyaka), kunokwenzeka ukuba loo mzi uza kuba neentsuku ezimbalwa kunye nemvula yamanzi ebusika, i-sleet, kunye nemvula ebomvu minyaka yonke.
Ngokuqinisekileyo unokulindela imozulu yasebusika kunye neentsuku ezibandayo ezininzi ngexesha lonyaka.
Ngo-1994, uMemphis wabethwa ngumlilo omkhulu wesibhakabhaka owadala umonakalo omkhulu kwimithi kunye nemigca yamandla, eshiya abantu abangaphezu kwama-300,000 ngaphandle kombane iintsuku kwaye, ngezinye iimeko, iiveki.