Tennessee, 2001

Hail in Tennessee, May 24, 2001

May 24, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 6:40 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:40 PM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
740 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2001

JUST SENT QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZONES TO INCLUDE HEADLINE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.  OTHER THAN A FEW MINOR WORDING CHANGES...NO
OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE AT THIS TIME.

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

LDW

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bradley

When
May 24, 6:45 PM EST
Where
Bradley County, Cleveland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.167, -84.883

In Mountainview subdivision.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5243593.