Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- July 8, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -88.070
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
Power company reported numerous trees blown down on power lines across the county. The highway department alone had to clear 14 trees which were blown down across roadways around the county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- 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 OHX wrote it up.
Power company reported numerous trees blown down on power lines across the county. The highway department alone had to clear 14 trees which were blown down across roadways around the county.
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5558122.