Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 9, 2001

July 9, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 9, 6:33 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:33 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
733 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2001

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING OVER OUR CWFA...SHIFTING
WEST AND PLACING US IN MORE OF A NORTHWEST FLOW. RADARS AND SATELLITE
SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHWEST TN FROM THE NORTH.
THINK THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO WEST TN BUT GRADUALLY
WEAKEN OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WILL UPDATE TO
INCREASE POPS A LITTLE FOR MOST OF WEST TN AND WORD AS SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. NOT SURE IF STORMS WILL MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTH
MS OVERNIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING...BUT WILL LEAVE IN 20 PERCENT POP.
WILL RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY FOR TUESDAY ENTIRE CWFA AS 18Z MESO-ETA AND
18Z AVN SHOW RIDGE CONTINUING TO WEAKEN.

.MEG...HEAT ADVISORY TUESDAY FOR EAST-CENTRAL AR...EXTREME SOUTHWEST
TN AND MOST OF NORTHWEST MS.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
July 9, 8:30 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where
Carroll County, Huntingdon
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
36.000, -88.417

Several large trees limbs 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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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: 5259929.