Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- January 21, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -85.280
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, January 21, 1959
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- January 21, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -89.000
Tornado, McNairy
- When
- January 21, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- McNairy County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -88.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Giles
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Giles County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -87.000
Hail, Grundy
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- January 21, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- January 21, 2:34 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- January 21, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Roane
- When
- January 21, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roane County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Grainger
- When
- January 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grainger County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -83.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Cocke
- When
- January 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cocke County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -83.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- January 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- January 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -85.400
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 21, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 21, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 21, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 21, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 21, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 21, 1959
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, January 21, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 21, 1959
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10124108, 10124109, 10124961, 10124962, 10124963, 10124964, 10124965, 10124966, 10124967, 10124968, 10124969, 10124970, 10124971.