Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005

Name: Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
Start: 2005-01-13T02:00
End: 2005-01-13T04:50
Location: Tennessee

January 13, 2005 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $65,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 9:00 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 9:00 PM CST, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
900 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

.DISCUSSION...
GOING FORECAST STILL ON TRACK. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ABOUT
WESTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS...MAIN EFFECTS IN OUR AREA WILL BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL BOWING SEGMENTS VISIBLE ON RADAR...BUT HAVENT
HEARD MUCH IN THE WAY OF REPORTS UP TO THIS POINT. LIFTED INDICES
AROUND -3 AND CAPES OF 400-600 ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. PROBABLY A
2 TO 3 HOUR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE IN ANY ONE LOCATION.

NO TIME-SENSITIVE WORDING IN ZONES...AND MAIN ELEMENTS OF FORECAST
WONT BE IN EFFECT TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO NO UPDATES PLANNED AT
THIS TIME.
&&

.MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MS...NONE.
MO...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

WAGNER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:22 PM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
322 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-131200-
ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-
POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY-
YALOBUSHA-
322 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...

A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THURSDAY MORNING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. STRONG WIND SHEAR IN
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. A FEW
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE TIME OF GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 3 AM FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING EASTERN
ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING
DYERSBURG...MEMPHIS...AND BATESVILLE...AND BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM FOR
EASTERN PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING JACKSON...CORINTH...AND TUPELO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

RECENT PRECIPITATION IN THE OHIO AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONS
HAVE RESULTED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT
TIPTONVILLE AND CARUTHERSVILLE. THE STAGE AT MEMPHIS IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO RISE...POSSIBLY REACHING FLOOD STAGE NEXT WEEK. SEE
LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIVER
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE
NEEDED THURSDAY MORNING.

JLH

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:01 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby

When: January 13, 2:00 AM CST to 2:05 AM CST
Where: Shelby County, Bartlett
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.200, -89.883

Three homes were damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tipton

When: January 13, 3:00 AM CST to 3:05 AM CST
Where: Tipton County, Drummonds
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.467, -89.917

The roof of a house was peeled off. Several trees were uprooted.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crockett

When: January 13, 4:15 AM CST to 4:20 AM CST
Where: Crockett County, Alamo
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.783, -89.117

Several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson

When: January 13, 4:30 AM CST to 4:50 AM CST
Where: Gibson County, Countywide
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.000, -88.933

A Mexican restaurant in Trenton had a portion of its roof ripped off. A barn was demolished near Yorkville.A storage building was destroyed in Milan. Several large cedar trees were blown down.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, January 2005

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: 5433085, 5432993, 5433084, 5433083.