Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 18, 2001

July 18, 2001 · NWS OHX · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 18, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

CURRENTLY...ORGANIZED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS MO/IL
...IN VICINITY OF LL BOUNDARY/WEAK JET AND POOLING DEWPOINTS IN
THE MID/UPPER 70S. BOMB THAT CAME ACROSS THE CWA EARLIER HAS MOVED
AWAY FROM FAVORABLE FEATURES AND NOW HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO A FEW
SHOWERS.

NEW PROGGS PROVIDING A MULTITUDE OF SOLUTIONS IN THE NEAR-TERM...
AND AT THIS TIME...THE AVN SEEMS CLOSEST TO THE MARK. WHICH
SCENERIO WILL PAN OUT HARD TO DISCERN BUT CONVECTION DOES SEEM TO
ON OUR PLATE. LL BOUNDARY TO THE N WILL SLIDE SWARD AND SET UP
SOMEWHERE ACROSS SERN KY/NERN TN BY 00Z FRI. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
DEVELOPING NW EXPECTED TO SLIDE ON DOWN TOWARD THE CWA TONIGHT...
WITH PLENTY OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CWA THU...WITH THE
BOUNDARY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. AT THIS POINT...BELIEVE THE NERN
COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THE PLATEAU...HAVE BEST CHANCE TONIGHT. ON
THU...LL BOUNDARY AND HELP OF DECENT UL DIVERGENCE WILL BE SUFFICENT
FOR SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHWRS/TSTMS.

FORECAST TRENDS REALLY MURKY THU NIGHT/FRI AS PROGGS ALL OVER THE
PLACE. DO NOT KNOW IF MAIN BOUNDARY WILL MAKE IT AS FAR S AS AVN
PROGGS...ULTIMATELY PUSHING CONVECTION WELL S AND W. BOUNDARY
PROGGED TO STAY ACROSS THE MID-STATE OR N SEEMS MORE REASONABLE.
PLAN TO LEAVE CHANCE POPS RUNNING THU NIGHT/FRI AT THIS POINT.
COULD EASILY SEE ANOTHER COMPLEX ;FORM THU NIGHT ACROSS THE EERN
PLAINS AND RIDE DOWN INTO THE REGION. HOPEFULLY NEXT RUN WILL SHED
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT.

BNA 74/89/73/91 5533
CSV 67/85/68/85 6633

07
.BNA...NONE.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stewart

When
July 18, 4:24 PM CST
Where
Stewart County, Dover
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.483, -87.833

Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of State Highway 232 and 76.

Thunderstorm Wind, Houston

When
July 18, 4:42 PM CST
Where
Houston County, Erin
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.317, -87.700

Law enforcement reported a tree was blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When
July 18, 4:50 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County, Clarksville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.533, -87.350

Law enforcement reported a tree was blown down in Clarksville and also on Grant Road in the eastern part of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Houston

When
July 18, 4:55 PM CST
Where
Houston County, Erin
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.317, -87.700

Law enforcement reported a tree was blown down just north of Erin.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5259268, 5259269, 5259270, 5259271.