Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- June 13, 2:00 PM CST to 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County, Charleston
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -90.050
A couple of large trees were knocked down.
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 13, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 13, 1:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP MENTION OF RAIN IN THOSE AREAS FOR TONIGHT. AS COLD FRONT OVER MIDWEST CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD REGION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE. THIS SHOULD HELP INCREASE MOISTURE THURSDAY AND PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH REGION ON FRIDAY WITH DRY AND SEASONABLE PATTERN AFTER THAT. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 75/90/74/85/64 144 MKL 72/89/72/87/60 143 JBR 72/91/72/87/62 135 TUP 71/91/72/87/61 242 .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13 to 14, 2001
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2001
Sources
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: 5250918.