Thunderstorm Wind, Dyer
- When
- April 20, 12:30 AM CST to 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Dyer County, 3 mi N of Newbern
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -89.270
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
A baptist church was completely destroyed. A trailer was blown over on top of a car.
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
- $200,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A baptist church was completely destroyed. A trailer was blown over on top of a car. A large section of a roof was blown off a house. Another house had nine windows broken out, two sheds destroyed and a tree blown down on it. A trucking company had 17 rolling shop doors torn off its building and a portion of the rear wall of the building was damaged. Four other homes suffered minor damage.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:30 UTC.
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
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Flood in Michigan, April 20 to 27, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 1996
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: 5544630.