Storms in Tennessee in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 72
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $800,000
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 1 | $800,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 1983
- Hail in Tennessee, April 8, 1983
- Hail in Tennessee, April 28, 1983
May 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 3, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, June 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 16, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 1983
- Hail in Tennessee, July 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 25, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 11, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 27, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 28, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
November 1983
December 1983
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Tennessee in 198319821984
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.