Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 25, 1975

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 25, 1975
Start: 1975-04-25T01:00
End: 1975-04-25T02:15
Location: Tennessee

April 25, 1975 · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 7
Property damage: $275,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tipton

When: April 25, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Tipton County
Rating: F1
Path length: 7.4 mi
Path width: 440 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.530, -89.870

Thunderstorm Wind, Obion

When: April 25, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Obion County
Coordinates: 36.420, -89.050

Tornado, Crockett

When: April 25, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Crockett County
Rating: F1
Path length: 10.3 mi
Path width: 440 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.800, -89.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson

When: April 25, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Gibson County
Coordinates: 35.820, -88.920

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: April 25, 1:45 AM CST
Where: Carroll County
Coordinates: 36.000, -88.420

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: April 25, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 35.620, -88.830

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, Tipton	1975-04-25				Direct

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

Every storm in Tennessee in 1975 Every state in 1975 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1975

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: 10124375, 10124376, 10124377, 10124378, 10124379, 10124380.