Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 24, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -90.030
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 24, 1970
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 24
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 24, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -90.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 24, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -90.000
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 24, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -89.980
Tornado, McNairy
- When
- April 24, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- McNairy County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -88.570
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 24, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 24, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 24, 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, April 24, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 24, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 24, 1970
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 24, 1970
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: 10124466, 10124467, 10124468, 10124469, 10124470.