Storms in Tennessee in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 93
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $8.1 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 72 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 11 | $8.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, May 15, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, May 18, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 25, 1986
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 26, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, July 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 29, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 27, 1986
October 1986
December 1986
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.