1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Feb 16, 11:15 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1115 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE SURFACE LOW WAS CURRENTLY OVER NE LA 16Z. EXPECT THE LOW TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECT THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN TO REACH THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AFTERNOON. UPDATED THE FORECAST EARLIER TOE ADJUST TEMPERATURES AND WINDS...AND PLAN ON UPDATING AGAIN TO KEEP THE INFO CURENT. .MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE MID SOUTH. 012
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds which reached 40 mph along with very wet soils caused several trees to be knocked down in the eastern part of the county.
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, February 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: 5232463.