High Wind, Putnam
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM CST to 10:44 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.141, -85.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Tennessee, January 3, 2000
Putnam county EMA in Cookeville measured a wind gust of 62 mph at 830 PM and a stronger wind gust at 67 mph at 920 PM CST. A roof was blown off a dugout at the Avery Middle School in Cookeville.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Putnam county EMA in Cookeville measured a wind gust of 62 mph at 830 PM and a stronger wind gust at 67 mph at 920 PM CST. A roof was blown off a dugout at the Avery Middle School in Cookeville. Trees were blown down in Putnam, DeKalb and Grundy counties due to strong gradient winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Dekalb
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM CST to 10:44 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -85.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Grundy
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM CST to 10:44 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.388, -85.723 (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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- Tornado in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000
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: 5128227, 5128228, 5128229.