Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 21, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -85.630
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 21, 1984
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 21, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -88.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 21, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 21, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -88.870
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -89.350
Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy
- When
- April 21, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -88.600
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 21, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -90.170
Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy
- When
- April 21, 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 21, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood
- When
- April 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -89.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -87.330
Tornado, Hardeman
- When
- April 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -89.150
Hail, Hardin
- When
- April 21, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -88.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- April 21, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -86.420
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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: 10121732, 10121733, 10121734, 10121735, 10121736, 10121737, 10121738, 10121739, 10121740, 10121741, 10121742, 10121743, 10121744, 10121745.