Thunderstorm Wind — Weakley, Tennessee

2021-05-04 · near Liberty, Weakley, Tennessee

Event narrative

Straight-line winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines south of Dresden. Trees fell on a total of seven mobile homes resulting in significant damage. A fatality occurred in one of the mobile homes. A metal building was also damaged near Dresden.

Wider weather episode

A moist and unstable airmass in place across the Mid-South helped to fuel severe storms ahead of an advancing cold front and deep upper-level trough swinging into the Central Plains. A line of severe storms moved from Arkansas across northern parts of the Mid-South during the early morning hours of May 4th. There was widespread wind damage and a few weak tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 957582. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.