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 Sep 7, 8:30 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 SKIES THIS MORNING ARE MOSTLY PARTLY CLOUDY...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME CLOUDY AREAS. A FEW SHWRS/TRWS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY NORTH JUST WEST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. SOME SITES LAGGING IN TEMP WARMUP...MAINLY DUE TO THICKER CLOUD PATCHES. BELIEVE TDAS FCST HIGHS ARE STILL OK. WIND FCST SEEMS TO BE ON THE MARK AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WHICH SHOULD BE ENJOYABLE. WITH TRW ON THE RADAR SCREEN BY 9 AM...THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE 20 TO 30 PERCENT COVERAGE TODAY. NO UPDATE AT THIS TIME. .MEG...NONE.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lake County jail sustained electrical damage after the building took a lightning strike.
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, September 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: 5269534.