1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 12, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 230 PM CDT THU APR 12 2001 FRONT LOCATED SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FA MOVING LITTLE. DECENT UVV MOVING INTO THE FA TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD HELP TO SUPPORT ACTIVITY TONIGHT ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SINCE TEMPS NEVER DID WARM UP OVR SE 1/3 OF FA AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUANCE OF AN SPS. DRIER AIR IS LOCATED ON THE NW HALF OF THE FA. W/ STEERING FLOW OUT OF THE SW...DONT EXPECT TOO MUCH IN THE JBR GROUPING TONIGHT (WILL PROBABLY MENTION 20 OR 30 POPS FOR THEM). FOR THE REST...W/ UVV MOVING INTO THE AREA AND LOCATION OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE CHANCE WORDING IN MOST LOCATIONS AND LIKELY IN THE SOUTH (BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AT ISSUANCE TIME). FRIDAY...SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL KEEP FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL KEEP MOST OF THE FA DRY. UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL TOWARDS END OF WEEK...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE FA SAT/SUN. SURFACE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY OVR TX WILL FINALLY MAKE ITS MOVE AND MOVE INTO THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY. DECENT UVV MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA SAT NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE WORDING FOR THE CWA. EARLY NEXT WEEK...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA DRYING THINGS OUT AND WILL BRING ALONG COOLER TEMPS TO THE AREA. ...EARLY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM 56/76/58/80 621 MKL 53/75/54/79 511 JBR 51/75/54/78 2-1 TUP 60/76/57/80 721 .MEG...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A home was destroyed by a fire started by lightning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 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: 5242331.