Heavy Snow, Benton
- When
- April 16, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -88.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Tennessee, April 16, 2004
Benton County EMA reported 6 inches of wet snow was common across the county with some spots receiving as much as 8 to 9 inches. There were 2300 people without power.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Benton County EMA reported 6 inches of wet snow was common across the county with some spots receiving as much as 8 to 9 inches. There were 2300 people without power. The precipitation changed over from rain to wet snow as an upper level low pressure area deepened over the mid state.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5393139.