Thunderstorm Wind, Tipton
- When
- August 5, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Tipton County, S Portion
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.497, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some trees were blown down.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 5, 1993
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $16,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- August 5, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, N Portion
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.184, -89.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 4-foot tree was blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- August 5, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Longtown
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.197, -89.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees were knocked down.
Tornado, Hardeman
- When
- August 5, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Whiteville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.207, -88.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were knocked down. Some power poles were snapped.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- August 5, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Whiteville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.207, -88.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
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
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- Hail in Texas, August 5, 1993
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 5, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, August 5, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 5, 1993
- Hail in New Mexico, August 5, 1993
- Hail in Nevada, August 5, 1993
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1993Warnings in Tennessee, August 1993
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: 10348900, 10348826, 10349245, 10349788, 10349789.