8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 8:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 835 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SOUTH THROUGH MISSOURI INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY TO HANDLE TORNADO WATCHES. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. .MEG...NONE.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 856 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN ARKANSAS...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT... CROSS...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS AND LEE. IN MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT IN TENNESSEE...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON... CARROLL...LAUDERDALE...CROCKETT...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...MADISON... HENDERSON...DECATUR...SHELBY...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...CHESTER... MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. IN MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...MARSHALL...BENTON...TIPPAH...ALCORN... PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...TATE AND UNION.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:57 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several buildings had water in their basements. A dozen roads were flooded.
Several homes were damaged.
The tornado touched downed southeast of Paris and moved northeast. Ten homes and buildings were completely destroyed and 46 others were damaged. Two persons were killed when their mobile home was destroyed by the tornado. Numerous trees were knocked down.
One mobile home, a shop and a few barns were destroyed. Twenty-five houses were damaged. Many trees and power lines were knocked down.
Several mobile homes were damaged. Several cars were blown around. Some trees and power lines were knocked down.
A few power lines were blown down.
Some trees and power lines were knocked down in the southwest part of Jackson.
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county.
One mobile home was damaged. Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Twelve homes had some of their shingles blown off.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Madison | 2001-11-26 | 32 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| Thunderstorm Wind, Madison | 2001-12-02 | 3 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2001Warnings 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: 5276096, 5276091, 5276088, 5276089, 5276093, 5276094, 5276092, 5276095, 5276097, 5276090.