Hail, Crockett
- When
- March 12, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -89.130
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 12, 1986
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Henry
- When
- March 12, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -88.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- March 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 12, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- March 12, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- March 12, 2:34 AM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -88.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 12, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -88.920
Hail, Coffee
- When
- March 12, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -86.230
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Alabama, March 12, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 12, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Ohio, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, March 12, 1986
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1986Warnings in Tennessee, March 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: 10119324, 10119325, 10119326, 10119327, 10119328, 10119329, 10119330, 10119331.