Cold/Wind Chill — Weakley, Tennessee

2015-02-17 to 2015-02-21 · Weakley, Tennessee

Event narrative

Bitter cold caused a hypothermia death.

Wider weather episode

Arctic air plunged into the Mid-South from the middle to latter part of February. Highs remained below freezing while low temperatures dropped into the single digits. A few locations even recorded temperatures below zero. As a result, several deaths from hypothermia occurred across West Tennessee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 561334. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.