Storms in Tennessee in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 43
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $3.6 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 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 27 | $3.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1978
March 1978
April 1978
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 12, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 25, 1978
June 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 6, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 1978
July 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 10, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 13, 1978
- Hail in Tennessee, July 23, 1978
- Hail in Tennessee, July 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 27, 1978
August 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 16, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 1978
- Hail in Tennessee, August 25, 1978
- Tornado in Tennessee, August 29, 1978
September 1978
December 1978
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Tennessee in 197819771979
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.