4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 11, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 256 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001 BASED ON 20Z SWODY1...WILL PLACE MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE IN NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF CWA FOR FIRST PERIOD. PULSE SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...THROUGH ABOUT 02Z. LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING SHOULD REMOVE SEVERE THREAT. REST OF DISCUSSION UNCHANGED. COLD FRONT NEAR A IND-STL-OKC LINE AT 1800Z. FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO CENTRAL MS BY MORNING. PREFRONTAL TROF WILL BE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...TRIGGERING MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION. TROF WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON ON SATURDAY. AFTER THAT...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE FIRST PERIOD POPS...AND THEY WILL BE BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AT PRESS TIME...PROBABLY IN 40 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE. WILL LEAVE POPS IN NE MS FOR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...NO POPS AFTER THAT. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND THEN SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES...MAY UNDERCUT FWC GUIDANCE BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD...BUT OVERALL...REASONABLY CLOSE. EXTENDED...MRF TRIES TO BRING A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IN FROM OUR NORTHEAST AROUND MID-WEEK. NCEP CONFIDENCE NOT REAL HIGH IN MRF... AND UK...EURO AND CANADIAN MODELS DONT QUITE FIT THE SOLUTION EITHER. WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY FOR NOW. MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE WARMEST...NEAR NORMAL AFTER THAT. 10 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM BU 064/078 055/081 060 610 MKL BU 060/077 049/080 052 610 JBR UU 060/078 052/081 054 610 TUP EU 063/079 052/081 054 420 .MEG...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tent was blown over during an air show at the Millington Naval Air Station injuring one person.
A cotton gin had its doors blown out. A grocery store had its store sign blown down and three glass windows blown out.
Several homes were damaged. Many trees were blown down.
A few trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 2001
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: 5244890, 5244891, 5244892, 5244893, 5244894, 5244895.