Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- March 12, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -88.250
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 12, 1975
7 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 12, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -87.770
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- March 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -87.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Giles
- When
- March 12, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Giles County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 12, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford
- When
- March 12, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bedford County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -86.470
Tornado, Coffee
- When
- March 12, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 12, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -86.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- March 12, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -85.770
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 Mississippi, March 12, 1975
- Tornado in Kentucky, March 12, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 12, 1975
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 12, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 12, 1975
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 12, 1975
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: 10124342, 10124343, 10124344, 10124345, 10124346, 10124347, 10124348, 10124349, 10124350.