Tennessee, 2000Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 29, 2000
July 29, 2000 · NWS MEG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $51,000
- 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.
Lightning, McNairy
- When
- July 29, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County, Selmer
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.175, -88.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A home was destroyed by a fire started by lightning.
Hail, Hardin
- When
- July 29, 5:20 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, Olivehill
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -88.033
Hail, Shelby
- When
- July 29, 6:50 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Cordova
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -89.783
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 20001 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 20001 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 29, 2000$4.1 million · 1 in hail · 9 events
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000$1.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 29, 2000$175,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 2000$125,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 2000$50,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000$40,000 · 1 event
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 2000$31,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 20003 injured · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, July 29, 20001 injured · $20,000 · 2 events
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: 5163806, 5163804, 5163805.