Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 13, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 13, 2001
Start: 2001-09-13T01:15
End: 2001-09-13T03:30
Location: Tennessee

September 13, 2001 · NWS MEG · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $35,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Sep 12, 7:31 PM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 7:31 PM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
831 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2001

ISOLD SHRAS OVR N MS HAVE DSIPTD WITH SUNSET. AFTN CU HAVE ALSO DSIPT
LEAVING SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR. INVERTED SFC TROF EXTENDED FROM THE GULF
COAST TO NRN MS TO THE TN RIVER. SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TROF WHILE READINGS IN THE UPPER 50S TO THE
NORTH AND WEST. WL ADD A COUPLE OF DEGREES TO LOW TEMPS ACRS NE MS
DUE TO HIER DEWPOINTS.

.MEG...NONE.
SJM

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:15 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Decatur

When: September 13, 1:15 AM CST to 1:20 AM CST
Where: Decatur County, 2 mi SW of Bath Spgs
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $60
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.383, -88.217

Hail, Hardin

When: September 13, 1:25 AM CST to 1:40 AM CST
Where: Hardin County, 2 mi NW of Saltillo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $20
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.067, -88.667

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin

When: September 13, 1:28 AM CST to 1:35 AM CST
Where: Hardin County, Saltillo
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.050, -89.083

Several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy

When: September 13, 2:40 AM CST to 2:45 AM CST
Where: McNairy County, 2 mi W of Ramer
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.417, -88.133

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman

When: September 13, 3:25 AM CST to 3:30 AM CST
Where: Hardeman County, Saulsbury
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.400, -88.250

Many trees were knocked down.

What these are

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

Every storm in Tennessee in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, September 2001

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: 5267930, 5267931, 5269065, 5269066, 5269067.