High Wind, Lake
- When
- April 11, 2:00 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.335, -89.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Tennessee, April 11, 2000
Strong winds which may have reached 45 mph blew down several trees in Lake and Henry counties. One fallen tree damaged a motor home at Reelfoot Lake State Park.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Strong winds which may have reached 45 mph blew down several trees in Lake and Henry counties. One fallen tree damaged a motor home at Reelfoot Lake State Park. Four fishing boats were also sunk by the winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Henry
- When
- April 11, 4:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.332, -88.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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More
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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: 5141087, 5141086.