Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- July 10, 10:50 AM CST to 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Bartlett
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -89.883
A couple of trees were snapped in two.
Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 10, 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
- $13,000
- 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 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 Jul 10, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 945 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001 THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF FORECAST AREA. WILL UP POPS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. WILL ALSO ADJUST TEMPERATURES A LITTLE AS CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING AS MUCH. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS POINT. .MEG...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR EAST-CENTRABL AR...EXTREME SOUTHWEST TN AND MOST OF NORTHWEST MS.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:49 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- July 10, 1:30 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 8 mi W of Bolivar
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -89.150
Some patio furniture was blown into a swimming pool. Several trees were blown down.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Wyoming, July 10, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 10 to 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, July 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 10 to 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 10 to 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5259919, 5259853.