Weather Service preliminary report shows EF-1 tornado hit Memphis area
Parkway Village area saw storm damage to their homes after heavy rains and high winds hit the Memphis area early Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Home Depot employee Mike Scruggs helps to clear a large tree blocking Cottonwood Road, after heavy rains and high winds hit the Parkway Village area early Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Workers clear storm damage at the Sonic on Perkins Avenue after heavy rains and high winds hit the Parkway Village area early Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Workers clear storm damage at the Cottonwood Apartments after heavy rains and high winds hit the Parkway Village area early Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis International Airport received minor damage and temporarily evacuated A and C concourses Monday during a storm that still has more than 30,000 customers of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division without power.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
Wayne Risher
Business news reporter, 43-year veteran of print journalism, 35-year resident of Memphis, University of Georgia alumnus and proud father and spouse of University of Memphis graduates.
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