Tornado, Shelby
- When
- March 27, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -90.020
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 27, 1991
21 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
21 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- March 27, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -89.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- March 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -89.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- March 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- March 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -88.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- March 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -88.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- March 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- March 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -87.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheatham
- When
- March 27, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -87.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- March 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.820
Hail, Robertson
- When
- March 27, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Robertson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -86.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- March 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- March 27, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheatham
- When
- March 27, 5:06 PM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -87.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- March 27, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- March 27, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -85.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -85.030
Hail, Franklin
- When
- March 27, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- March 27, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Sequatchie
- When
- March 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -85.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- March 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -84.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- March 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rhea County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -85.050
Hail, Meigs
- When
- March 27, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meigs County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -84.800
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 27, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 27, 1991
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: 10119509, 10119510, 10119511, 10119512, 10119513, 10119514, 10119515, 10119516, 10119517, 10119518, 10119519, 10119731, 10119732, 10119733, 10119734, 10119735, 10119736, 10119737, 10119738, 10119739, 10119740, 10119741, 10119742, 10119743, 10119744.