Storms in Tennessee in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 49
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $5.3 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 4 | 33 | $5.3 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
April 1968
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 4, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 14, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 23, 1968
May 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 14, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 16, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 25, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 26, 1968
- Hail in Tennessee, May 29, 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 5, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 11, 1968
- Hail in Tennessee, June 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 24, 1968
July 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 15, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1968
August 1968
September 1968
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Tennessee in 196819671969
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.