1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 May 21, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 723 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 ISSUED UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT) FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. ALSO BUMPED UP WINDS TO GIVE A WIDER RANGE...AND INCLUDED WORDING FOR GUSTY. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. AUSTIN
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-220800- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 342 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WITH THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE AROUND...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AHEAD OF IT. THERE IS A RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF HAIL OF DIME SIZE OR LARGER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...POSSIBLY CAUSING MINOR FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
617 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 PM KINGSPORT TN .88 INCH HAIL
05/21/01 SULLIVAN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0120 PM KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01 SULLIVAN SEVERAL TREES DOWN,
POWERLINES DOWN AND A TREE
FELL ON A CAR IN WEST
KINSPORT.REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0548 PM NEAR MAYNARDVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01 UNION SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
REPORTED DOWNED ONTO6
ROADWAY IN NORTHERN UNION
COUNTY.REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
617 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 PM KINGSPORT TN .88 INCH HAIL
05/21/01 SULLIVAN REPORTED IN WEST
KINGSPORT. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0120 PM KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01 SULLIVAN SEVERAL TREES DOWN,
POWERLINES DOWN AND A TREE
FELL ON A CAR IN WEST
KINGSPORT. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0548 PM NEAR MAYNARDVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01 UNION SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
REPORTED DOWNED ONTO
ROADWAY IN NORTHERN UNION
COUNTY. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
END/FERRELLThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines down. Electricity was out for about 2 hours for around 1000 customers. Power was restored to all by 11 pm.
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: 5243712.