Tornado, Dyer
- When
- April 2, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -89.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 1982
4 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $3.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Obion
- When
- April 2, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Obion County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -89.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- April 2, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -89.480
Tornado, Weakley
- When
- April 2, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Weakley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -88.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Weakley
- When
- April 2, 8:17 PM CST
- Where
- Weakley County
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -88.850
Tornado, Obion
- When
- April 2, 10:23 PM CST
- Where
- Obion County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -89.050
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 1982
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1982
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: 10119222, 10119223, 10119224, 10119225, 10119226, 10119227.