10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 hail, 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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 2:45 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 245 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACING TIGHT LOW CENTER SE NEBRASKA VICINITY...WITH COLD FRONT ACROSS WRN AR/LA BORDER AND WARM FRONT SEEMINGLY STRETCHED ACROSS OR JUST OF THE CWA. FAIRLY GOOD SQUALL LINE CONTINUES JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WITH LITTLE PRECIP AT ALL FURTHER EAST. DEEP NEGATIVELY TILTED CLOSED SYSTEM EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOW MOVEMENT TODAY/TONIGHT...DRAGGING COLD FRONT THRU 00-12Z SUN. MOST FAVORABLE LIFTING MECHANISMS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA 15Z SAT-00Z SUN...WHICH REMAINS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PAST FEW MODEL RUNS. ADDITIONALLY...MODELS CONSISTENT WITH INSTABILITY REMAINING QUITE LIMITED...SEEMINGLY BECAUSE OF MODERATELY WARM AIR AT MID-LEVELS. NEVER-THE-LESS...EXPECT SQUALL LINE TO THE W TO HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES THRU THE CWA TODAY. LOW-LEVEL JET WINDS 40-50+KTS LEAVES SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE POSSIBILITY IN THE EQUATION. WILL LEAVE CATEGORICAL POPS RUNNING AS IS. AIRMASS EXPECTED TO DRYOUT RAPIDLY BEHIND FRONTAL BOUNDARY...MAINLY AFTER 12Z SUN. IN THE MEAN TIME WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON ONGOING PRECIP TONIGHT. EXPECT LINGERING SHWRS/TSTMS TO CONTINUE TIL MIDNIGHT WRN ZONES...SHORTLY AFTER ON THE PLATEAU. WILL WORD ACCORDINGLY. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS SUGGEST THAT SECONDARY LINE COULD DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG BOUNDARY AFTER INITIAL BAND OF DEEPEST MOISTURE MOVES THRU. WILL UP POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY ALL ZONES TONIGHT. SUNDAY LOOKING GOOD AS DRY AIR AND WEAK RIDGING ALOFT SETTLE ON THE REGION. TEMPS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SEASONAL/WARM AS TRAILING STORM SYSTEM SET TO AFFECT THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK LIMITING PATTERN FOR ANY COLD ADVECTION. BNA 69/52/66/44 8600 CSV 65/53/62/42 8700 07 .BNA...NONE.
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-251130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES TODAY...AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TENNESSEE. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN. AS A RESULT...BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE OVERNIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. FOR NASHVILLE AND AREAS TO THE WEST...THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ANY TIME FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TO THE EAST OF NASHVILLE...INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-251130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES TODAY...AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TENNESSEE. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN. AS A RESULT...BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE OVERNIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. FOR NASHVILLE AND AREAS TO THE WEST...THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ANY TIME FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TO THE EAST OF NASHVILLE...INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a few trees were blown down near Camden.
Law enforcement reported dime size hail.
Law enforcement reported street flooding and water in homes.
Law enforcement reported a power line was down.
Law enforcement reported a few trees were down around the county.
Spotter reported two 20 inch trees down and large limbs down on Smith Hill Raby Road.
Law enforcement reported several trees down across the county.
Law enforcement reported a tree down and a power line down.
A house was struck by lightning.
Law enforcement reported a few trees and several road signs blown down over southwest portions of Tullahoma.
Law enforcement reported lightning striking a gas service line, causing an explosion and line damage.
Law enforcement reported trees down along Orange Hill Rd.
A few trees were blown down around the county.
A tree was blown down on Highway 30 West.
There was flooding along Blue Spring Rd.
Law enforcement reported flooding on U.S. Highway 127 and Chapman Rd.
Law enforcement reported flooding at the intersection of Industrial Blvd. and Old Jamestown Road, and at West Ave. and 10th Street.
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, November 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: 5272559, 5272560, 5273346, 5272564, 5272558, 5272563, 5272562, 5273353, 5273354, 5272561, 5273355, 5273350, 5273348, 5273349, 5273347, 5273351, 5273352.