1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 2:24 AM CST, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 224 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 UNSEASONABLY WARM NIGHT ACRS MOST THE MID SOUTH WITH TEMPS FROM THE LOW 60S ACRS SRN SXNS. SCT LIGHT RAIN BREAKING OUT ACRS THE MID SOUTH AS ISENTROPIC LIFT ALONG WITH WEAK 850 MB THETA-E ADVECTION DEVELOPS. LINE OF SHWRS/TSTMS MOVING INTO W AR ATTM. THE LINE OF SHWRS/TSTMS WL MOVE E TODAY AND APPROACH THE MS RIVER AROUND 18Z AND EXIT THE CWFA BY 00Z. VERY STRONG DYNAMICS ASSOCD WITH SYSTEM WITH STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...70 KTS AT 850 MB AND 125 KTS AT 250 MB. HELICITY VALUES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF AT WELL OVER 400 M2/S2. SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY APPEARS LIMITED HOWEVER. 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS MAY REACH THE TN BORDER BUT CAPE IS NON-EXISTENT. LIFTED INDICES ARE MARGINAL AT BEST. BEST CHC FOR SVR WX IS DAMAGING WIND ASSOCD WITH TSTMS. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDER S OF A E-W LINE THRU MEM WHERE THERE IS AT LEAST MARGINAL SFC BASED INSTABILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE GROUND WITH THESE TSTMS. SFC TEMPS WL BE IN THE LOW AND MID 60S ACRS THE MID SOUTH. CDFNT WL BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 00Z AS WL MOST OF THE PRECIP. UPR LOW WL MOV TO NRN MO OVERNIGHT AND THE COLD POOL WL MOVE ACRS THE CWFA. A COUPLE OF VORT MAXES WL ROTATE THRU THE MID SOUTH SO A FEW WRAP AROUND SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. NOT MUCH COLD AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. MILD TEMPS WL CONT TUE WITH STRONG SWLY WINDS. EXPECT WIDESPREAD CLOUDS ACRS THE NRN HALF BUT SKIES SHOULD CLEAR SRN HALF. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TUE NIGHT AS LOW CONTS MOVING TO THE NE. EXTENDED...DRY WEATHER WL CONT. WEAK SFC FNT WL MOVE THRU WED NIGHT SO COOLER DAY EXPECTED THU. TEMPS BEGIN WARMING UP FRI AS HI PRES BUILDS OVR THE REGION. .MEG...NONE. SJM
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-291800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY SOUTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM WYNNE ARKANSAS THROUGH MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO SAVANNAH TENNESSEE. EARLY THIS MORNING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING TO THE SOUTH. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH EAST ARKANSAS LATER THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH AND EXIT THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE BRINGING WARM...MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER... ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. MONITOR& NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV AND CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND INFORMATION.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 55-year old red oak tree was struck by lightning and destroyed. A nearby home lost two complete windows and debris was scattered all over the roof and inside the home.
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, January 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: 5232990.