Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 11, 2001
Start: 2001-07-11T16:34
End: 2001-07-11T16:34
Location: Tennessee

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
235 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001

CURRENT...CONVECTION ALONG/AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO
PUSH SE. TEMPS MAINLY IN 80S BUT A 90 READING HERE AND THERE.
STILL RATHER MUGGY WHICH IS ASSISTING TSTM DEVELOPMENT.

FORECAST...WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE TO DECIDE POPS FOR
TONITE. CONVECTION SHOULD DIE OFF FAIRLY RAPIDLY AFTER DUSK.

PERISTENT UPPER AIR PATTERN W/ VORTEX OVER NE AND RIDGE IN PLACE
OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS. CWA IN-BETWEEN W/ WEAK NW FLOW. VORT MAX IN
FLOW THU NITE AFFECTS MAINLY MEM CWA.

OTHERWISE...DRIER AIR SPILLS IN TONITE BEHIND FRONT...BUT MID LEVEL
MOISTURE INCREASES FROM W DURING DAY THU...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SHRA FAR W THU AND THU NITE. PRONOUNCED DRYING TAKES PLACE ON FRI.

AS FOR TEMPS...WENT A LITTLE LOWER ON MAX FOR TOMORROW...OTHERWISE
FWC FINE.

BNA BB 067/085 066/087 065 17110
CSV BB 060/083 059/084 |058 17100

.BNA...NONE.

MAG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:34 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
534 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM    6S FAYETTEVILLE           TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/01   LINCOLN                        LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          BARN DAMAGED...TREES
                                          DOWN...POWER LINESF DOWN ON
                                          PROSPECT ROAD NEAR THE TOWN
                                          OF SKINEM.

JLM

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 11, 4:34 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 6 mi S of Fayetteville
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.067, -86.583

Law enforcement reported a barn damaged, trees down, and power lines down on Prospect Road near the town of Skinem.

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

More

Every storm in Tennessee in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5259267.