Editing Jackson, Tennessee (section)

===1999 to present===
[[File:UnionDorm.jpg|right|thumb|Destroyed dormitory building in February 2008.]]

Between 1999 and 2008, several violent [[tornado]]es struck large portions of the city. The McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport was severely damaged in [[Tornado outbreak of January 17-18, 1999|January 1999]], a storm that resulted in eleven fatalities. The 1999 tornado also damaged the {{convert|30|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[Riverside Cemetery (Jackson, Tennessee)|Riverside Cemetery]], where 40 known Confederate soldiers, 140 unknowns, and many families of the founders of Jackson are buried. The cemetery's acres of old trees and many of the statues, monuments, and graves were damaged during the tornado.

Parts of the [[Union University]] campus were damaged in [[2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak|November 2002]]. The downtown area was devastated in [[May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence|May 2003]] by an F4 tornado, and there were eight deaths. Many dormitories at the Union campus were demolished in a storm in [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak|February 2008]].

On May 1, 2010, a severe thunderstorm hit Jackson, dropping [[2010 Tennessee floods|13&nbsp;inches of rain]] in a short period of time.<ref name="noaaflood">{{cite web |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/meg/?n=may12surveyinfo |title=Flooding and 14 Tornadoes across the Mid-South on May 1 & 2, 2010 |publisher=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office |access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> Flash floods destroyed many homes and streets.<ref name="jacksonsunflood">{{cite web |url=http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100502/NEWS01/5020319/SUBMERGED-Flash-floods-cause-outages-sink-holes-road-closings |title=SUBMERGED: Flash floods cause outages, sink holes, road closings |author=Simer, Tracie |date=May 1, 2010 |publisher=[[The Jackson Sun]] |access-date=August 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126163355/http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100502/NEWS01/5020319/SUBMERGED-Flash-floods-cause-outages-sink-holes-road-closings |archive-date=January 26, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="tslaflood">{{cite web |url=http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/disasters/floods2.htm |title=TSLA::"Disasters in Tennessee" |author=Thomas, Will |publisher=Tennessee State Library and Archives |access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name="cnnflood">{{cite web |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-01/us/nashville.flooding_1_nashville-area-floodwaters-tennessee-emergency-management?_s=PM:US |title=At least 5 dead in Tennessee flooding; tornado warnings in Arkansas |date=May 1, 2010 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808171334/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-01/us/nashville.flooding_1_nashville-area-floodwaters-tennessee-emergency-management?_s=PM:US |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>