Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 2001

June 21, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$5,000
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:51 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:51 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
251 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

SE DIGGING SHORT WAVE VCNTY MO FCST TO BEGIN TO PIVOT NE TONIGHT
AND INTO FRI. THIS RESULTS IN LENGTHING AND SHARPENING TROUGH
OVER W/MID TN BY FRI. DEEPENING AND INCREASING SW FLOW ACROSS MRX
CWA. LOW SURFACE PRESSURE OVER INDIANA BEGINS MOVING NE TONIGHT
RESPONDING TO SHORT WAVE. TRAILING FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS SLOW
MARCH ACROSS TN TONIGHT AND FRI. CURRENTLY EXPECT FRONT TO MOVE
EAST OF MRX CWA AROUND MIDNIGHT FRI NIGHT. UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES
OVER E TN ON SAT.

SCT AFTN/EVE CONVECTION MAINLY OVER ELEVATED AREAS. THEN...MODELS
IN GOOD AGREEMENT...850-700 MB QVECTOR CONVERGENCE AND FAVORABLE
OMEGA DEPICTED OVER MRX LATER TONIGHT. WILL GO A TOUCH ABOVE
GUIDANCE WITH GOOD CHANCE AND LIKELY POPS. MINS WARM AND
NEAR GUIDANCE.
FRI...LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS. AIRMASS MOISTENS UP WITH
INSTABILITIES BECOMING MODERATE. LIFT FEATURES NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE
AND AIRMASS SHOULD GET WORKED OVER EARLY. SO SEVERE THREAT REMAINS
LOWS.
FRI NGT...GREATER UNCERTAINTY WITH POPS. PREFRONTAL TROUGH IS EAST
OF AREA WHILE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GETS INTO SW SECTIONS EARLY. TROUGH
AXIS STILL W OF E TN BUT SINKING MOTIONS SHOWING UP IN THE LOWER
LEVELS. AVN CONTINUES WITH SOME OMEGA OVER NE SECTIONS OVERNIGHT.
ALL MODELS PAINT SOME QPF MAINLY EAST OVER MNTS AND NE PART.
FOR NOW WILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE TAPERING POPS FROM 10 SW TO 40 NE.
TEMPS NEAR NORMAL.
SAT...CLEARING IN THE SW WITH CONTINUED CHC POPS NE.
SAT NIGHT...NW FLOW THROUGH MOST OF LAYER SHOULD DRY THINGS
WITH MILD COOLING.

CHA TB 068/080 062/083 061 17581
TYS TB 067/080 063/081 059 17573
TRI TE 064/078 061/078 057 17574
OQT TB 067/080 063/081 059 17573=

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When
June 21, 5:40 PM EST
Where
Scott County, 1 mi W of Huntsville
Crop damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.417, -84.500

Trees 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.

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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: 5251853.