Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy
- When
- August 2, 1:05 PM CST to 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County, Ramer
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.067, -88.633
Several trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 2, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Aug 2, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE CWA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DYING OFF THIS MORNING...EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE WITH SOME REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RISE DUE TO THE BLOW-OFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. WILL LOWER FORECASTED HIGH TEMPERATURES IN ALL ZONES. REST OF FORECAST IS ON TRACK. .MEG...NONE. KRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:35 AM CST, 10 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE MID-SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY AS THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EXITS THE REGION . AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:11 AM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-021511- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0911 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #831 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ARKANSAS... CLAY... CRAIGHEAD... CRITTENDEN... CROSS... GREENE... LAWRENCE... LEE... MISSISSIPPI... PHILLIPS... POINSETT... RANDOLPH... ST. FRANCIS... IN MISSISSIPPI... ALCORN... BENTON... COAHOMA... DE SOTO... ITAWAMBA... LAFAYETTE... LEE... MARSHALL... PANOLA... PONTOTOC... PRENTISS... QUITMAN... TATE... TIPPAH... TISHOMINGO... TUNICA... UNION... IN MISSOURI... DUNKLIN... PEMISCOT... IN TENNESSEE... CARROLL... CHESTER... CROCKETT... DECATUR... DYER... FAYETTE... GIBSON... HARDEMAN... HARDIN... HAYWOOD... HENDERSON... HENRY... LAKE... LAUDERDALE... MCNAIRY... MADISON... OBION... SHELBY... TIPTON... WEAKLEY...
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flood in Ohio, August 2, 2003
- Flood in Florida, August 2 to 31, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 2 to 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Mississippi, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 2, 2003
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 2, 2003
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2003
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: 5377074.