Aug 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina had weakened to a tropical storm when it reached West Tennessee. The front porch of a house was torn off in Covington (Tipton County). A satellite dish was torn from the roof of a house and a camper trailer had some windows broken in Covington as well. Six transformers were blown in Fayette County. A section of a wall at the Garnertown Super Speedway (Henderson County) collapsed due to the rain and the wind. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. One tree fell on a M
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5472341). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fayette County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.