Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- July 18, 5:50 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Dyer
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -89.000
Part of a mobile home roof was blown off. A few trees were knocked down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 18, 2001
1 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
- $10,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 325 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001 TALE OF TWO STORIES ACROSS THE MEM CWFA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... THE NORTH HALF DRAPED IN VERY HUMID CONDITIONS AND BRACING FOR RAIN...AND THE SOUTH HALF JUST PLAIN HOT AND HUMID. OVERALL... SYSTEMS TO THE NORTH ARE MOVING MAINLY EAST AS THE U/L RIDGE HOLDS THINGS AT BAY. A FEW SHOWERS APPROACHED MY NERN COUNTIES FROM THE NORTH EARLIER TODAY...BUT FIZZLED AS THEY CROSSED THE BORDER. FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE TIMING AND LOCATION OF MCS(S) MOVING AROUND THE CAP. 12Z AVN PICKS UP ON A COMPLEX BUT HAS IT TOO FAR NORTH. OVERALL MOTION IT GIVES LOOKS REASONABLE THOUGH. EXTRAPOLATION OF CURRENT SYSTEM WOULD BRING ENERGY OVER MY NERN COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY E OF DYR/MKL...LATER TONIGHT. WILL WORD SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE...EAST OF HIGHWAY 45...WITH LOW CHANCE POPS ALL OTHER AREAS NORTH OR EAST OF MEMPHIS. CAN'T RULE OUT A SHRA/TSRA IN MEM TONITE...BUT WILL NOT MENTION IN AFTERNOON ZONE PACKAGE. MEANWHILE...GUIDANCE CLOSE TO HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE DELTA...BUT WILL OPT NOT TO ISSUE ADVISORY AT THIS TIME SINCE THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR COOLING RAIN AND/OR CLOUD COVER. WILL HIGHLIGHT HEAT INDICES SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES. FRONT PROGGED BY AVN TO BACKDOOR INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AND FRIDAY...BUT PROBABLY IS ALSO GOING TO BE WASHING OUT AS IT RUNS HEAD-ON INTO THE RIDGE. STILL PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT...SO WILL HOLD POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY AT THIS TIME THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPWISE...WILL GO A BIT BELOW GUIDANCE ON MAXES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY...DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND RAIN POTENTIAL. MINS LOOK FINE. EXTENDED...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY OVER THE NERN COUNTIES...AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT ELSEWHERE. WEEKEND LOOKS HOT AND DRY AND WILL GO NEAR CLIMO AT THIS POINT...BUT COULD END UP WARMER. PRELIM DIGITS... MEM 78/93/77/91/75 1332- MKL 74/92/74/92/69 4341- JBR 76/95/77/92/73 2333- TUP 74/95/75/92/72 -233- .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:47 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 18, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 18, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 18, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 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: 5259920.