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 27, 9:15 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1015 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2001 NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGE TO THE CURRENT FCST. DIFFUSE BNDRY IS STILL SITUA W-E ACROSS THE FA WITH SOME ISOLATED TSTMS NOTED OVR SRN PORTIONS OF WRN TN. STILL EXPECT THE HIEST PROBABILITY OF TSTMS TO BE OVR NRN MS WHERE THIS AFTN WHERE BEST INSTABILITY RESIDES. UPDATED ZNS TO REMOVE TIMING OF PRECIP IN ERN SXNS OF THE FA. .MEG...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A small airplane was flipped over. Several rotten trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2001
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