Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, February 6, 1986

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, February 6, 1986
Start: 1986-02-06T16:18
End: 1986-02-06T16:38
Location: Tennessee

February 6, 1986 · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

3 tornado, 2 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 5
Property damage: $7.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bradley

When: February 6, 4:18 PM EST
Where: Bradley County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 270 yd
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.230, -84.820

Hail, McMinn

When: February 6, 4:18 PM CST
Where: McMinn County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.350, -84.670

Tornado, Polk

When: February 6, 4:28 PM CST
Where: Polk County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 270 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.230, -84.650

Tornado, McMinn

When: February 6, 4:38 PM CST
Where: McMinn County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 270 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.300, -84.650

Hail, McMinn

When: February 6, 4:38 PM CST
Where: McMinn County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.430, -84.480

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 1986 Every state in 1986 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1986 Warnings in Tennessee, February 1986

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: 10119312, 10119313, 10119314, 10119315, 10119316.