Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- November 15, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -89.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, November 15, 1989
14 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- November 15, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -89.880
Hail, Madison
- When
- November 15, 12:36 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -88.820
Tornado, Gibson
- When
- November 15, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -88.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- November 15, 1:08 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- November 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -88.400
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- November 15, 1:48 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- November 15, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -86.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- November 15, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- November 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- November 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -86.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- November 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- November 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, McMinn
- When
- November 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McMinn County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -84.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- November 15, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -85.130
Tornado, Bradley
- When
- November 15, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- November 15, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -85.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- November 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -84.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- November 15, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -83.930
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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, November 15, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, November 15, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, November 15, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 15, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 15, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 15, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 15, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Florida, November 15, 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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10120809, 10120810, 10120811, 10120812, 10120813, 10120814, 10120815, 10120816, 10120817, 10120818, 10120819, 10120820, 10120821, 10120822, 10120823, 10120824, 10120825, 10120826, 10120827.