Thunderstorm Wind, Dyer
- When
- February 17, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -89.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 17, 1976
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- 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 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- February 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- February 17, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -88.020
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- February 17, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.3 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -86.830
Tornado, Rutherford
- When
- February 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -86.620
Tornado, Rutherford
- When
- February 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -86.580
Tornado, Wilson
- When
- February 17, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -86.500
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
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: 10127533, 10127534, 10127535, 10122993, 10122994, 10122995, 10122996.