Hail, Crockett
- When
- June 28, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -89.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, June 28, 1972
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Giles
- When
- June 28, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Giles County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- June 28, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -86.680
Tornado, Cumberland
- When
- June 28, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- June 28, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -85.080
Tornado, Blount
- When
- June 28, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Dyer
- When
- June 28, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -89.180
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 28, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 28, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 28, 1972
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 28, 1972
- Hail in Illinois, June 28, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 28, 1972
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: 10126240, 10126241, 10126242, 10126243, 10126244, 10126245, 10126246.