Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- April 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman County, Lyles
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -87.367
Highway department reported a tree was blown down.
Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 23, 2001
2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 12:15 PM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 12:15 PM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 115 PM CDT MON APR 23 2001 NQA DOPPLER SHOWING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS STILL WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LUNCH TIME. FRONTAL SYSTEM DOWN THROUGH ARKANSAS HEADED EAST. AT CURRENT RATE FRONT WOULD BE NEARING MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 20Z AND JACKSON BY 03Z. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE EASTWARD ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT AT IT MOVES ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH NASHVILLE AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PLATEAU BEFORE DAYBREAK. MODELS AGREE IN SWEEPING SYSTEM ON EAST SO WILL GO WITH BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY ON TUESDAY BUT WILL MENTION MORNING SHOWERS FOR PLATEAU AND FAR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPS WILL BE FELT ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. TEMPS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE DOWN RIGHT CHILLY. NO RAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: NASHVILLE 52 65 40 67 46 7100 CROSSVILLE 53 62 36 62 41 6300 .BNA...NONE. BOYD 01
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickson
- When
- April 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickson County, South Portion
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -87.367
Highway department reported tree limbs down in the southern part of the county.
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 Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Tornado and High Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Flooding in Vermont, April 23 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 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: 5239645, 5239646.