Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- May 28, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -83.930
Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 28, 1990
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 28, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -83.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier
- When
- May 28, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -83.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 28, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 28, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -82.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamblen
- When
- May 28, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamblen County
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -83.280
What these are
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 28, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 28, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 28, 1990
- Hail in North Carolina, May 28, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 28, 1990
- Hail in West Virginia, May 28, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 1990
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 28, 1990
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 1990
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: 10121935, 10121936, 10121937, 10121938, 10121939, 10121940.