Tornadoes in Tennessee, February 29, 1952

Name: Tornadoes in Tennessee, February 29, 1952
Start: 1952-02-29T16:00
End: 1952-02-29T17:30
Location: Tennessee

February 29, 1952 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 5
Injuries: 316
Property damage: $2.8 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Marshall

When: February 29, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 166 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.420, -86.700

Tornado, Lincoln

When: February 29, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F4
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 150 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.150, -86.580

Tornado, Warren

When: February 29, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Warren County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.530, -85.850

Tornado, McMinn

When: February 29, 5:30 PM CST
Where: McMinn County
Rating: F2
Path length: 15.3 mi
Path width: 587 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.300, -84.670

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 1952 Every state in 1952 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1952

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10126037, 10126038, 10126039, 10126040.