Tennessee, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 1, 2001

May 1, 2001 · NWS OHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 May 1, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2001

AGAIN TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ANCHORED ALONG HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MID TN. STORMS HAVE BEEN POPPING UP AND GOING
DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY. MAYBE SOME SMALL HAIL HERE AND THERE WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...BUT NOTHING SEVERE. IN ADDITION TO OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS
AND COLLISION OF VARIOUS WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES...A WEAK ELONGATED
SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE MS RIVER WAS MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR CONVECTION. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF
HEATING...BY 800 PM OR SO.

BERMUDA HIGH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHOWING SLIGHT WEAKNESS THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THEN RIDGE BUILDS NEXT COUPLE DAYS. MOISTURE THINS OUT AND
INSTABILITY DECREASES. FOR WEDNESDAY...WILL SEE ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS PLATEAU...LESS COVERAGE THAN TODAY. ANY CONVECTION IN
MID TN WILL BE VERY ISOLATED...AND NOT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN FORECAST.

WITH RIDGE OVER REGION AND MORE SUNSHINE NEXT FEW DAYS...DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL EDGE UP A FEW DEGREES INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. LOWS
SHOULD BE IN MID 50S TO AROUND 60...GENERALLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN
GUIDANCE VALUES.

A FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD SATURDAY...BUT NOT THROUGH TN. SATURDAY
MAY BRING ISOLATED CONVECTION. WEAKENING RIDGE AND APPROACH OF A A
FRONT FROM THE WvEST WILL BRING SCATTERED CONVECTION SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

PRELIM CCF...
BNA BB 58/83 59/85 59 131-0
CSV BB 54/77 55/81 56 1321-

.BNA...NONE.

SH

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Smith

When
May 1, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Smith County, 4 mi E of Carthage
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.250, -85.867

Dime size hail reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman

When
May 1, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Hickman County, 10 mi N of Centerville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.933, -87.467

Public reported a large tree down across Highway 48.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5249565, 5249564.