Tennessee, 2001Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 May 23, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
817 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001
CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK WITH PRECIP MOVING INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.
WILL PROBABLY UPDATE BASED ON RADAR TRENDS LATER IN THE EVENING...
BUT NO REASON FOR UPDATE AT CURRENT TIME.
.MEG...NONE.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 23, 9:00 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Memphis
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.133, -90.017
A microburst produced significant damage in the midtown area of Memphis. A printing business experienced roof and structural damage. The debris from the printing business was blown next door into a hotel damaging the exterior of the building. Several trees were knocked down or uprooted with one tree falling on a house.
- 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.
- Heat in California, May 23 to 25, 20011 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 23, 2001$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Michigan, May 23, 2001$20,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 2001$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 23, 2001$5,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Wildfire in Florida, May 23, 200110 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 23, 200150 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail in Indiana, May 23, 20011.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23 to 24, 2001$6,000 · 4 events
- Wildfire in Oregon, May 23 to 25, 20012 events
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, May 23, 20011 event
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 23, 200154 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5245105.