Tornado, Robertson
- When
- March 19, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Robertson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 1,000 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -86.630
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 19, 1963
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Robertson
- When
- March 19, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Robertson County
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -86.680
Hail, White
- When
- March 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- March 19, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -87.280
Hail, Grundy
- When
- March 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- March 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- March 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -85.900
Tornado, Bradley
- When
- March 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -84.900
Tornado, McMinn
- When
- March 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- McMinn County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -84.650
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 19, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, March 19, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 19, 1963
- Hail in Wisconsin, March 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 19, 1963
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 19, 1963
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: 10126364, 10126365, 10126366, 10126367, 10126368, 10126369, 10126370, 10126371, 10126372.