Hail in Tennessee, March 3, 2001

Name: Hail in Tennessee, March 3, 2001
Start: 2001-03-03T21:25
End: 2001-03-03T21:30
Location: Tennessee

March 3, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $750
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 Mar 3, 9:00 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 9:00 PM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
900 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

SURFACE LOW NOW OVER CENTRAL MS. TRACK LAST SEVERAL HOURS HAS PRETTY
MUCH BEEN DUE NORTH. MSAS PRESSURE FALLS SAY THIS LOWS MOST LIKELY
COURSE NEXT FEW HOURS WL BE RIGHT ON UP TOWARD WEST TN THEN TURN NE.
TRWS WORKED WAY NE UP TO FOREST CITY AR. NOW FEEL THEY MAY EDGE
FURTHER NORTH THAN ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. NAT RADAR SHOWS BAND
OF HEAVIER RAIN FROM NE TX ON TOWARD MEM. MAY GET A GOOD RAIN FROM
THIS STUFF. WRAP RAIN THEN ONLY THING LEFT FROM THIS SYSTEM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:26 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Shelby

When: March 3, 9:25 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
Where: Shelby County, Raleigh
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $750
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.200, -89.933

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5235524.