Category: weather history
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A historical recap of a a deadly tornado that struck West Memphis, AR just before Christmas in 1987
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We take a historical look at Christmas Day weather in Memphis, including what the odds are of a White Christmas!
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It’s Thanksgiving week which means lots of food, family, and that dreaded shopping on Black Friday. [ Editor’s Note: Sorry ladies, you can already tell a male wrote this. 😉 ] Over the last week we’ve had below normal temperatures, but some pleasant days thrown in. Everyone is in agreement that yesterday was nasty. It…
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Aerial photo after the Germantown tornado, November 1994.Photo Credit: Commercial Appeal Today marks the 18th anniversary of the most insidious severe weather event to strike Shelby County until Super Tuesday 2008. Thanksgiving weekend 1994 brought the (E)F-3 “Germantown tornado” into southeast Shelby County, claiming 3 lives in one well-built large home and injuring 25 others…
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Today is National Weatherperson Day… no really! American Greetings didn’t make this one up. For a little history on the day, read the following compiled by the National Weather Service in State College, PA, home to one of the largest crops of meteorologists outside the state of Oklahoma – Penn State University. Our comments on…
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In the wake of thunderstorms that rumbled through yesterday along a powerful cold front, it’s a good time to remember that November and early December is secondary severe weather season in the Mid-South. The best reminder of this fact though is the Thanksgiving weekend tornado that struck the city of Germantown, TN several years ago.…
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Erik Proseus, MemphisWeather.netOriginally published – November 27, 2009Updated – December 11, 2009 & November 27, 2019 What was expected to be a festive family gathering on Thanksgiving weekend turned into a nightmare during the afternoon hours on Sunday, November 27, 1994. Sixteen family members and friends had gathered at the Germantown, TN home of landscape…
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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the infamous “Hurricane Elvis” storm which swept across the metro Memphis area on July 22, 2003 at about 7am CDT. The aftermath of that derecho, with its 100-mph wind, was incredible as more than 750,000 people lost power (some for more than 3 weeks), structural and infrastructure damage was…
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The earliest quantitative rain gauge seems to be credited to a king in Korea called King Sejong who lived from 1397 to 1450. One of his greatest goals as king was to make his people literate, so not only did he invent a rain gauge, but more importantly, he invented a language and movable type…
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