Storms in Tennessee in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 74
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $3.8 million
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 12 | $3.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 17, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 20, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 20, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 1976
April 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 11, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 20, 1976
- Hail in Tennessee, April 21, 1976
May 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 6, 1976
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 13, 1976
- Hail in Tennessee, May 15, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 31, 1976
June 1976
- Hail in Tennessee, June 21, 1976
- Hail in Tennessee, June 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 1976
July 1976
- Hail in Tennessee, July 6, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 12, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 27, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 29, 1976
August 1976
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Tennessee in 197619751977
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.