Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -88.830
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 1, 1974
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheatham
- When
- April 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -87.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 1, 5:06 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -89.900
Tornado, Dickson
- When
- April 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dickson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- April 1, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -87.470
Tornado, Davidson
- When
- April 1, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -86.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- April 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -86.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- April 1, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -86.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- April 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- April 1, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -86.450
Tornado, Wilson
- When
- April 1, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- April 1, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -85.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 1, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Bradley
- When
- April 1, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -84.880
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Davidson | 1974-04-01 | Direct |
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1974
- Hail in Missouri, April 1, 1974
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1974
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: 10123185, 10123186, 10123187, 10124038, 10124039, 10124040, 10124041, 10124042, 10124043, 10124044, 10124045, 10124046, 10124047, 10124048.