1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:31 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 231 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001 CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING TROF/BNDRY EXTENDING FROM LAKE ERIE SWWD INTO NRN AR. SWRN EXTENT OF BNDRY BECOMING VERY DIFFUSE. NOT MUCH CONVECTION FIRING OVER FA AT THE MOMENT WITH MOST ACTIVITY WEST AND NORTH OF AREA. SFC TROF SHOULD WASH OUT OVER THE AREA TONIGHT BUT WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS SHOULD PROGRESS SLOWLY SWD THROUGH FA. MAIN THREAT OF TSRAS SHOULD END DURING THE EVENING BUT WITH SHEAR AXIS OVER AREA CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ON MONDAY UPPER SHEAR AXIS WILL BE OVER SRN ZNS SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF LO CHC POPS. MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER S/WV WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TUE. THIS WILL HELP PUSH ANOTHER SFC TROF SWD TOWARDS NRN SXNS OF FA BY TUE NIGHT. DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE ON HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL MAKE IT SO WILL NOT TINKER WITH MID WEEK FORECAST AND KEEP IT DRY. NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN APPEARS TO BE NEXT WEEKEND AS MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONT TRIES TO DROP THROUGH AREA. AS FAR AS TEMPS...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMING WELL AND AND GOOD AGREEMENT SO WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM 73/90/73/91 32-1 MKL 69/90/68/91 31-1 JBR 69/90/69/91 31-1 TUP 70/89/70/90 3311 .MEG...NONE. MZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down. One large tree fell on a mobile home causing damage to the home.
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Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2001
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