Storms in Tennessee in 1957
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1957, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Tennessee in 1957 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 67
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 19
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 30
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 0 | 19 | $3.3 million |
| Hail | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1957
April 1957
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 1, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1957
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 4, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1957
May 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 17, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 18, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 21, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 25, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 1957
June 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 16, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 17, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 23, 1957
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 27, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 1957
July 1957
August 1957
September 1957
November 1957
- Tornado in Tennessee, November 8, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 17, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 18, 1957
December 1957
More
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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.