Tennessee, 1967

Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 14, 1967

May 14, 1967 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 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
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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

2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Unicoi

When
May 14, 1:25 PM CST
Where
Unicoi County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.080, -82.400

Tornado, Shelby

When
May 14, 2:53 PM CST
Where
Shelby County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
7 yd
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
35.050, -90.070

Hail, Grainger

When
May 14, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Grainger County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
36.200, -83.500

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10123115, 10123116, 10123969.