2 flash flood, 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 Aug 10, 1:50 AM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 250 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001 WET PATTERN TO CONTINUE ACROSS FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS SOUTHERLY FLOW KEEPS BRINGING GULF MOISTURE INTO AREA AND COLD FRONT PARKED TO OUR NORTH INCHES SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. END RESULT IS MORE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM TT 91/74/90/74/88 745 MKL TB 90/72/89/71/86 744 JBR TT 91/73/88/71/87 735 TUP TB 88/74/90/73/86 854 .MEG...NONE.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:58 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred in Charleston after 6.5 inches of rain fell in about 5 hours of time. Several homes and businesses were flooded. A few culverts were washed out.
The Corinth National Cemetery was flooded as waters reached the cemetery wall. A ditch bank caved in threatening a roadway and causing a power pole to lean.
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, August 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: 5265890, 5265891.