Storms in Tennessee in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 134
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $678,000
- Episodes
- 29
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 | 102 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 13 | 1 | 5 | $678,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1989
March 1989
- Hail in Tennessee, March 15, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 30, 1989
- Hail in Tennessee, March 31, 1989
April 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 4, 1989
- Hail in Tennessee, April 27, 1989
May 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 20, 1989
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 22, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 27, 1989
June 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 4, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 12, 1989
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 16, 1989
- Hail in Tennessee, June 18, 1989
July 1989
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 12, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 26, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 30, 1989
August 1989
September 1989
November 1989
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.