Thunderstorm Wind, Tipton
- When
- February 21, 9:15 PM CST to 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tipton County, Munford
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -89.833
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 21, 2001
7 hail, 5 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
- $81,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 21, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 710 PM CST WED FEB 21 2001 ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE NEEDED MINOR UPDATING TO REMOVE THE TERM DEVELOPING SINCE RAIN HAS DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE5 IN ALL ZONE GROUPS. .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:17 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Haywood
- When
- February 21, 9:20 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County, Brownsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -89.267
Hail, Madison
- When
- February 21, 9:25 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Adair
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.717, -88.967
Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood
- When
- February 21, 9:25 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County, Stanton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.467, -89.400
Several trees were blown down across Interstate 40.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- February 21, 9:45 PM CST to 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Pinson
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.483, -88.733
A few trees were knocked down.
Hail, Fayette
- When
- February 21, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, La Grange
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -89.217
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- February 21, 9:45 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 3 mi SW of Bolivar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $200
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -89.033
Hail ranged in size from dimes to quarters.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- February 21, 9:55 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Middleton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.067, -88.900
Some trees were blown down.
Hail, McNairy
- When
- February 21, 10:05 PM CST to 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County, Rose Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -88.700
Hail ranged in size from dimes in Rose Creek to quarters in Selmer.
Hail, Chester
- When
- February 21, 10:10 PM CST to 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County, Masseyville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -88.717
Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy
- When
- February 21, 10:20 PM CST to 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County, Selmer
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.183, -88.600
A mobile home was destroyed in Lawton. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down between Selmer and Adamsville.
Hail, Hardin
- When
- February 21, 10:40 PM CST to 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, Crump
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -88.317
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 21, 2001
- Ice Storm in Missouri, February 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, February 21 to 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 21 to 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, February 21, 2001
- Ice Storm in Missouri, February 21, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 21 to 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 2001
More
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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: 5232474, 5232475, 5232464, 5232465, 5232466, 5232467, 5232468, 5232469, 5232470, 5232471, 5232472, 5232473.