Storms in Tennessee in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 59
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $2.5 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 48 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 21 | $2.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 1987
- Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 1987
- Hail in Tennessee, May 30, 1987
June 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 3, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 14, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 18, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 23, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 24, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 1, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 10, 1987
September 1987
November 1987
December 1987
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1987Tornadoes in Tennessee in 1987Warnings in Tennessee in 198719861988
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.