Tennessee, 2022

Heat in Tennessee, June 21 to 22, 2022

June 21 to 22, 2022 · NWS MEG · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

An upper-level ridge of high pressure parked over the Mid-South resulted in very hot and humid conditions during much of the month of June.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
11

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 MEG wrote it up.

An upper-level ridge of high pressure parked over the Mid-South resulted in very hot and humid conditions during much of the month of June.

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 Jun 21, 4:56 AM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:56 AM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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Event by event

11 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Obion

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Obion forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.358, -89.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Weakley

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Weakley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.298, -88.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Dyer

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Dyer forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.059, -89.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Gibson

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Gibson forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.997, -88.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Lauderdale

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Lauderdale forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.761, -89.631 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Crockett

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Crockett forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.814, -89.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Tipton

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Tipton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.497, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Haywood

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Haywood forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.583, -89.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Shelby

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Shelby forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
35.184, -89.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Fayette

When
June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Fayette forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.197, -89.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Lake

When
June 22, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where
Lake forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.335, -89.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values reached 105 degrees or greater.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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

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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: 1040002, 1040003, 1040004, 1040005, 1040006, 1040007, 1040008, 1040009, 1040010, 1040011, 1040001.