January 30, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.

January continues to be a very interesting month for weather. Last night’s storm knocked out power for most if not all of Decatur county, with the outage lasting for several hours in places. Total rainfall recorded in Parsons was 1.04 in.

Before the storm passed through the barometer dropped to 29.43 in. which is lower than normally observed in a cold front with an associated low pressure. These barometer readings are comparable to the average readings in a stronger tropical storm system.

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January 23, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.

On Wednesday…January 23 2008…at 930 am CST…the National Weather Service (NWS) weather forecast office (WFO) in Nashville Tennessee officially changed the minor…moderate…and major flood stages for the Tennessee River at Perryville in Decatur County, TN. These changes are the result of survey work done by the National Weather Service for Decatur County and Perry County emergency management to better assist them in the event of a flood.

The NWS defines flood stage as the river level that begins to impact life and/or property…and river flood warnings are issued when the level is forecast to reach flood stage. Flood stage for this location will be set to 365 feet. At this level…there is substantial low land flooding of campgrounds and boat launch areas that may be a risk to public safety. Moderate flood stage will be set to 368 feet…and flood waters may inundate access roads and structures near the river. Major flood stage will be set to 375 feet…at which point there is widespread flooding of the Tennessee River and its adjacent tributaries. Evacuations and significant property losses can be expected to begin at this level.

River forecasts for the Tennessee River at Perryville will be provided by TVA and the National Weather Service will issue warnings and statements based on these forecasts.

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January 11, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.

A National Weather Service storm survey indicated that an EF2 tornado with wind speeds of 111-135 mph struck Wayne County.

The worst damage was at 9110 Buttermilk Ridge Rd. A 30 foot by 30 foot metal barn was completely destroyed. Other metal barns received considerable damage with most of the roof blown off.

Some homes lost shingles on their roofs. A dog house that was anchored onto a Concrete platform was blown away. Several trees were snapped at the trunk. A wooden plank was planted into the ground.

Sheets of metal from the barn was carried about a half mile away into some trees on the Natchez Trace Parkway…just across into Lawrence County. Trees were lying in different directions on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Numerous trees were also uprooted at this location on the Natchez trace.

Damage from the storm was about $150,000.

The storm touched down 0.83 miles east-southeast of North Highland in Wayne County or about 9.9 miles east of Waynesboro at 255 PM CST on Thursday, January 10, 2008. The tornado ended at 256 PM CST 1.66 miles east- northeast of North Highland in Lawrence County or about 14.8 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg right on the Natchez trace.

The path length of the tornado was 1.29 miles and the path width was about 400 yards.

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January 9, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.

A National Weather Service damage survey team determined that a tornado tracked from the Double Bridges to Poplar Grove area in Lauderdale County then moved to just east of Fowlkes in Dyer County. The track was continuous.

The tornado was rated an EF1 (enhanced Fujita scale)…with approximately 100 to 110 mile an hour winds. Several houses were heavily damaged in the Poplar Grove area…and a Mobile home was destroyed in Double Bridges. The tornado damage was approximately 25 yards wide. The tornado was about 7 miles long. There were no injuries or deaths.

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January 8, 2008 by ParsonsWeather.com.

Jan 8, 2008

A record high temperature of 74 degrees was set in Memphis, this breaks the old record of 73 set in 1965.

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Jan 8, 2008

The high in Nashville was 70 degrees breaking the old record for January 8th of 69 degrees set way back in 1880…and tied in 2006.

Since 2004…there have been 5 daily maximum temperature records either broken or tied during the first week of January in Nashville. 3 of these had stood since 1880.

In contrast…Nashville has not broken a minimum temperature record in the month of January…since January 21st 1985…when Nashville set its all time record low of -17 degrees.

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Jan 7, 2008

A record high temperature of 74 degrees was set in Memphis, this ties the old record of 74 set in 1989.

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