Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 11, 2001

October 11, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 Oct 11, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
245 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2001

RAIN CONTINUES TO COVER MOST OF FORECAST AREA. COLD FRONT SLOWLY
MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL FRONT MAKES ITS THROUGH REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY. MOST OF THE DAY FRIDAY SHOULD BE RAIN FREE UNTIL NEXT POTENT
SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH REGION ON SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER A
POSSIBILITY ON SATURDAY ALTHOUGH BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE SOUTH OF
FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER BRIEF DRY PERIOD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
WHEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT SKIRTS THROUGH BRINGING A CHANCE FOR MORE
RAIN. ONCE THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH...COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS
WILL MOVE INTO REGION FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
MEM 62/76/64/69/51 926
MKL 63/75/61/70/51 +35
JBR 59/75/61/71/50 826
TUP 65/78/64/72/51 +46

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin

When
October 11, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
Where
Hardin County, 5 mi S of Savannah
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.167, -88.250

A few trees were knocked down.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269294.