Mississippi, 2001

Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 30, 2001

May 30, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 May 30, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
827 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

NO DOUBT WILL BE ISSUING SEVERAL UPDATES TONIGHT TO HANDLE SEVERE
WEATHER. COMPLEX ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...BUT INSTABILITY AND CAPE DROP RAPIDLY ACROSS
NE MISS AND MUCH OF W TN. WILL NOT MESS WITH LATER PERIODS OR TEMPS.
10

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:25 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma

When
May 30, 9:25 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
Where
Coahoma County, Clarksdale
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates
34.200, -90.583

Several power lines were blown down.

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

More

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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: 5245110.