Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- October 4, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -88.820
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 4, 1990
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500,000
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Madison
- When
- October 4, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- October 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- October 4, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- October 4, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -86.300
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- October 4, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.8 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -85.280
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 4, 1990
- Tornado in Mississippi, October 4, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 4, 1990
- Damaging Wind in New York, October 4, 1990
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: 10122922, 10118664, 10118665, 10118666, 10118667, 10118668.