(April 16, 1998 Tornado Damage at Hermitage in Nashville)
APRIL'S WARM START: Amazing warm start to April. We've seen highs hit 87° on April 5th and lows drop to 34.5° on April 10th. Our average temperatures (mean temperature...which equals the average of the high and low) are running almost 10° above normal. No complaints out of most of us after a winter which saw temperatures run much below normal.
Weather History for This Date
- April 16th, 1921 - 5 tornadoes across Middle Tennessee with 4 people killed and 41 injured
- April 16th, 1998 - The first recorded F5 in Tennessee's history in Lawrence County. Nashville is hit by 3 tornadoes, including an F3 that strikes the downtown. The cranes working on the new Tennessee Titans stadium are knocked down. NewsChannel 5 has a scary, front row seat as the tornado passes very close to their studios. There are just 4 fatalities across Middle TN along with 105 injuries. This is the 10th largest tornado outbreak in Middle Tennessee history.
- PHOTO SEQUENCE and STORY OF NASHVILLE TORNADO
- VIDEO FROM APRIL 16th
- VIDEO #2 FROM APRIL 16th
- VIDEO #3 FROM APRIL 16th
- VIDEO #4 FROM APRIL 16th - The forgotten F5 in Lawrence County
Cookeville's Daily Almanac
Yesterday's high: 86°
Yesterday's low: 57°
Normal High: 69°
Record: 90° in 1896
Normal Low: 42°
Record: 27° in 1943
Last Year: 53° and 44°
1.30" of rain fell on this date in 1969
Our average daily highs are currently the warmest April ever through 15 days
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