2 thunderstorm 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 Nov 26, 8:35 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 835 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SOUTH THROUGH MISSOURI INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY TO HANDLE TORNADO WATCHES. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. .MEG...NONE.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 856 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN ARKANSAS...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT... CROSS...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS AND LEE. IN MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT IN TENNESSEE...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON... CARROLL...LAUDERDALE...CROCKETT...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...MADISON... HENDERSON...DECATUR...SHELBY...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...CHESTER... MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. IN MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...MARSHALL...BENTON...TIPPAH...ALCORN... PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...TATE AND UNION.
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-020>024- TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1026 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN ARKANSAS...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT... CROSS...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS AND LEE. IN MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN TENNESSEE...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON... CARROLL...LAUDERDALE...CROCKETT...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...MADISON... HENDERSON...DECATUR...SHELBY...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...CHESTER... MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. IN MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...MARSHALL...BENTON...TIPPAH...ALCORN... PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...TATE AND UNION.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:32 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One home had its back porch blown off. Numerous trees were knocked down.
Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
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, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5276086, 5276087.