1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 18, 7:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 845 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001 CURRENT FORECAST FINE AND NO UPDATES NEEDED. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NORTHEASTERN MO TO EASTERN OK. 00Z DATA SHOWS H5 TROUGH MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWN BY 88D NQA NEAR THE TN RIVER ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD UPPER SHORT WAVE. SATELLITE AND RADAR INDICATE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM NORTH CENTRAL AR INTO WESTERN AR. THINK THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO OUR CWFA DURING THE NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD. LATEST RUC MODEL RUN SHOWS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE INCREASING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. FORECAST LOWS FOR TONIGHT LOOK OK WITH SOUTH WINDS PUSHING DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND 70S INTO OUR AREA. .MEG...NONE.
TNZ001>004-019>021-048-050>054-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 632 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 742 CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN WEST TENNESSEE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 742 IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTHERN WEST TENNESSEE... CARROLL...CROCKETT...DYER...GIBSON...HENRY...LAKE...OBION... AND WEAKLEY. IN SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE... HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...LAUDERDALE...AND MADISON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ACROSS THIS AREA AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING WEST TENNESSEE FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One barn was destroyed and several other were damaged. A grain bin was also damaged. Numerous trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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