An arctic air mass was in place over the Mid-South on January 15th, 2011 that resulted in extreme cold conditions. Snow had fallen earlier in the week which lead a woman to slip and fall outside her home.
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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.
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
An arctic air mass was in place over the Mid-South on January 15th, 2011 that resulted in extreme cold conditions. Snow had fallen earlier in the week which lead a woman to slip and fall outside her home. She died as a result of the exposure to the cold conditions.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman slipped and fell outside her camper trailer and died as a result of exposure to the cold.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hardin | 2011-01-15 | 43 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 2011
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: 281169.