Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 29, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -89.930
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 1976
3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Tipton
- When
- March 29, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tipton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -89.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 29, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -89.680
Tornado, Crockett
- When
- March 29, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -89.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -86.120
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 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1976
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: 10123018, 10123019, 10123020, 10123021, 10123022.