Storms in Tennessee in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 83
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 114
- Damage
- $15 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 3 | 114 | $15 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 1, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 2, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 19, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 22, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 24, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 27, 1970
May 1970
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 16, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25, 1970
- Hail in Tennessee, May 28, 1970
June 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 5, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 19, 1970
- Hail in Tennessee, June 21, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 29, 1970
August 1970
September 1970
October 1970
November 1970
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Tennessee in 197019691971
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.