Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 11, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Nashville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.133, -86.833
EMA reported power lines down in South Nashville.
Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 11, 2001
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 11, 10:15 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 10:15 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1115 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001 SCATTERED ACTIVITY STILL MOVING ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, WITH MORE CONVECTION JUST NORTH OF THE TN-KY BORDER. 12Z BNA SOUNDING A LITTLE MORE MOIST, AND QUITE A BIT MORE UNSTABLE THAN YESTERDAY. BELIEVE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK, SO WILL LEAVE ALONE FOR THE TIME BEING. .BNA...NONE. 08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 12:22 PM CST, 8 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-121030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 122 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001 WITH A WARM MOIST AIR MASS AND AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID STATE, THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS, WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE, BUT WIDESPREAD, ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT, BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION TO THE REGION. AGAIN, SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT NOT EXPECTED, AS SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SPORADIC. 08
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 11, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.717, -87.833
Highway dept. reported a few trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Humphreys
- When
- May 11, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, 15 mi S of Waverly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.867, -87.800
Law enforecement reported a large tree down across Highway 13.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- May 11, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -87.467
Highway dept. reported a few 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Texas, May 11 to 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, May 11 to 14, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 11 to 12, 2001
- Wildfire in California, May 11, 2001
- Hail in Texas, May 11, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 11, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, May 11 to 13, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, May 11 to 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5249369, 5249371, 5249370, 5249454.