Flood, Dyer
- When
- December 1, 12:01 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.059, -89.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Tennessee, December 1 to 3, 2001
Flooding continued across parts of West Tennessee from the end of November.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $15,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Flooding continued across parts of West Tennessee from the end of November.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 30, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 856 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2001 CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD..NO CHANGES PLANNED. .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Haywood
- When
- December 1, 12:01 AM CST to December 3, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -89.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2001
- Heat in Georgia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 1, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, December 1 to 6, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 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: 5275184, 5275185.