1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 5, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2001 COLD FRONT JUST NORTHWEST OF FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WITH SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. WILL REWORD FORECAST IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS TO INDICATE TEMPERATURES FALLING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH THREAT OF SEVERE IS MARGINAL...WILL LEAVE MENTION IN FORECAST FOR NOW. .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>092-052100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1119 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2001 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH...WHICH INCLUDES EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE MID- SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...A STIFF NORTHWEST BREEZE WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR TO THE MID-SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR PATCHY FROST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was injured after lightning struck near his home. The man was talking on the telephone when the lightning occurred.
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, October 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: 5269535.