High Wind, Haywood
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -89.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Tennessee, April 14 to 15, 1999
Several counties in West Tennessee were affected by high winds behind a line of thunderstorms. The winds were not associated with the thunderstorms.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $170,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Several counties in West Tennessee were affected by high winds behind a line of thunderstorms. The winds were not associated with the thunderstorms. Numerous trees were knocked down across the area. One tree fell on a mobile home in Alamo in Crockett county killing one of the occupants. A marina on Kentucky Lake in Henry county was affected with at least 30 boats damaged.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Crockett
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.814, -89.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Henry
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.332, -88.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.973, -88.450 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Weakley
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Weakley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.298, -88.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gibson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.997, -88.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.608, -88.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST to April 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.654, -88.388 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Crockett | 1999-04-14 | 30 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, April 14 to 22, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, April 14 to 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 1999
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: 5695721, 5695722, 5695723, 5695724, 5695725, 5695726, 5695727, 5695728.