Storms in Tennessee in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 68
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 223
- Damage
- $7.1 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 3 | 223 | $7.1 million |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
March 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 6, 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, March 13, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 15, 1971
April 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 23, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 27, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 28, 1971
May 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, May 2, 1971
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 7, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 24, 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 13, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, June 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 18, 1971
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, June 26, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 27, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 10, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 15, 1971
- Hail in Tennessee, July 21, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 29, 1971
September 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Tennessee in 197119701972
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.