Tennessee, 2022

Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 29, 2022

November 29, 2022 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Surface low pressure moved from the Middle Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes while a trailing cold front swept across the Mid-South on November 29, 2022. Clusters of storms developed during the late morning as a warm front lifted north ahead of the main system.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • 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
$15,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.

Surface low pressure moved from the Middle Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes while a trailing cold front swept across the Mid-South on November 29, 2022. Clusters of storms developed during the late morning as a warm front lifted north ahead of the main system. Some of these storms were severe with large hail over northeast Mississippi. During the evening a second round of showers and thunderstorms developed and eventually formed a line that exited the region into Alabama by midnight. This second round resulted in scattered severe storms with large hail and damaging winds across the Memphis metropolitan area and again across northeast Mississippi.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 29, 6:28 PM CST, 47 minutes before
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The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Shelby

When
November 29, 7:15 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
Where
Shelby County, 1.23 mi E of Capleville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.021, -89.898

Quarter-sized hail fell near Shelby Drive and Lamar Avenue.

Hail, Shelby

When
November 29, 7:25 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where
Shelby County, 3.51 mi SW of Germantown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.050, -89.870

Estimated hail of 0.75 inches fell two miles southeast of Memphis.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When
November 29, 8:05 PM CST to 8:10 PM CST
Where
Fayette County, 2.65 mi NNW of Hays Crossing
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
35.108, -89.490

Multiple trees down across Hewlett Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When
November 29, 8:15 PM CST to 8:20 PM CST
Where
Fayette County, 1.83 mi ESE of Moscow
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.060, -89.390

Three inch tree limbs were broken and a few power poles were also broken.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 1066346, 1066348, 1066350, 1066353.