Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- April 5, 4:15 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Tiptonville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -89.480
A few trees were blown down. One of the trees fell on a pickup truck.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 5, 1999
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Obion
- When
- April 5, 5:25 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Obion County, Union City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -89.050
Lightning, Haywood
- When
- April 5, 8:45 PM CST to 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County, Brownsville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -89.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A home was destroyed by a fire started by lightning.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 5 to 9, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 5, 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: 5695338, 5695339, 5695341.