1 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 9, 1:30 AM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 230 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2001 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A RIDGE ACROSS THE NRN GULF OF MEX W/ GENERAL SW FLOW ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO NRN NE INTO ERN CO. TEMPS ACROSS THE CWFA ARE IN THE M/U 70S THIS MRNG W/ DWPTS IN THE M70S. IR IMAGERY SHOWS MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS NRN MS AND ERN AR. REMNANTS OF H5-H7 LOW NEAR THE MO BOOTHEEL THIS MRNG WILL SLIDE EWD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECT SLIGHTLY BETTER CHC OF TSRA EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS BUT WE COULD SEE ISOLD/SCT AFTN DEVELOPMENT PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE GIVEN PWS ABV 2 AND CAPES ABV 1000 J/KG. WILL CONTINUE SLGT CHC EVENING POPS AS WELL. LONGER TERM...COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SE TOWARD THE REGION ON FRIDAY AS H5 TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. ETA/AVN CONSISTENT IN STALLING FRONT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE TN/MS BORDER FRI/SAT AS LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE PLAINS. SFC CONVERGENCE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TOO GREAT GIVEN WRLY SFC WINDS AHEAD OF FROPA. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS FOR NOW. ANY SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER AIR SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AS WELL. PRELIMS... MEM 090/076 091/076 4233 MKL 089/073 091/072 5343 JBR 092/074 091/073 3243 TUP 089/074 091/073 5333 .MEG...NONE. CBD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A beauty shop was flooded as 4 inches of water fell in a short period of time.
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: 5265892.