1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 20, 9:30 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001 ONCE AGAIN WATCHES KEEP FALLING OVR THE MEMPHIS AREA. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT NQA RADAR SHOWING ISOLD SVR STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE N HALF OF FA. ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING ACROSS W AR. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM OK TO NW AR INTO MO. SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE OVR TO IL BY 12Z. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FA BY 18Z MONDAY. AVN NOW ALSO BRINING THE FRONT INTO THE FA BY 18Z. LI VALUES AROUND -6 AT MIDNIGHT. FURTHER ALOFT...SHORT WAVE OVR OK MOVING INTO AR. VORT MAX PROG TO BE OVR THE MS RIVER 12Z. IN SHORT...MORE WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT (POSSIBLY SEVERE). ONE CONCERN IS HOW FAR SOUTH THE ACTIVITY WILL REACH. CURRENT FORECASTS HAVE LIKELY OR CAT FOR MOST LOCATIONS AND CHANCE FOR FAR SE PORTIONS. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SE FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. WILL HOWEVER TWEAK TEMPS IN JBR GROUPING FOR THE NEXT ISSUANCE OF THE ZONES. INCOMING TOR WATCH WILL HAVE TO CUT IT HERE AND GET TO THAT. .MEG...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS, TN
845 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM 2 SW FORREST CITY AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 ST FRANCIS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0245 PM 5 S HERNANDO MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO ROOF BLOWN OFF REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0305 PM SOUTHAVEN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 DESOTO REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER
0312 PM WALLS MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0318 PM 1 N SOUTHAVEN MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0322 PM 1 N HERNANDO MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 DESOTO REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER
0325 PM TUNICA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 TUNICA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0330 PM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 SHELBY TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
0330 PM BRUCE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CALHOUN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0331 PM HERNANDO MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0338 PM LEWISBURG MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 DESOTO REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER
0341 PM TWIN LAKES MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO LARGE TREES UPROOTED
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER
0345 PM LAUDERDALE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LAUDERDALE TREES AND POWER LINES
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0345 PM SPRINGVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 PONTOTOC TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0405 PM 3 N RANDOLPH MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 PONTOTOC POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0410 PM PONTOTOC MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 PONTOTOC TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0445 PM BOLIVAR TN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 HARDEMAN 1 TREE DOWN REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0516 PM ECRU MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 PONTOTOC TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
0520 PM HARMONTOWN MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LAFAYETTE TREES DOWN TREE FELL ON
HOUSE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0535 PM GUNTOWN MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LEE TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0640 PM 2 S OKOLONA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CHICKASAW POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS, TN
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM WALLS MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 DESOTO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0400 PM HOLLY SPRINGS MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 MARSHALL TREES DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0415 PM BRUCE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CALHOUN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0415 PM INDEPENDENCE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 TATE TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0500 PM ETTA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 UNION POWER LINES DOWN IN WEST
PART OF COUNTY REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0515 PM NEW ALBANY MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 UNION TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM OKOLONA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CHICKASAW TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0730 PM HAMILTON MS WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 MONROE TREE DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS, TN
1204 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0917 PM FAIR OAKS AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 CROSS REPORTED BY FOREST CITY
STATE WARNING POINT
0925 PM WYNN AR WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CROSS POWER LINE DOWN REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1115 PM MUNFORD TN MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/20/01 TIPTON SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
1120 PM COVINGTON TN MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/20/01 TIPTON AWNING BLOWN OFF SOME
BUSINESSES REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5245103.