Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, November 27, 1994

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, November 27, 1994
Start: 1994-11-27T14:00
End: 1994-11-27T20:45
Location: Tennessee

November 27, 1994 · 16 events in 13 counties and zones

9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 4
Injuries: 30
Property damage: $60 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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

9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tipton

When: November 27, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Tipton County, Detroit
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.497, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A house was destroyed by a small tornado which briefly touched down. Several vehicles and two 12-row planters were damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: November 27, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Wayne County, Clifton
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.240, -87.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were knocked down.

Tornado, Wayne

When: November 27, 2:30 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
Where: Wayne County, Lauderdale and
Rating: F3
Path length: 16 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 35.770, -89.470

The tornado first touched down about one mile west of the town of Woodville in Lauderdale County. The tornado then continued northeast in Crockett County. The towns of Chestnut Bluff and Crockett Mills were the hardest hit. One woman was killed as the tornado struck her house. Three other persons were injured. Twenty-seven homes were destroyed and eleven others were damaged. Several vehicles were destroyed as well. F75H

Tornado, Weakley

When: November 27, 3:05 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
Where: Weakley County, Latham
Rating: F3
Path length: 6 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 36.298, -88.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The tornado started about one mile southwest of Latham and travelled northeast. Twenty-one homes were damaged. Three houses and three mobile homes were completely destroyed. Numerous barns, sheds and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed.

Tornado, Shelby and Fayette

When: November 27, 3:15 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
Where: Shelby and Fayette County
Rating: F3
Path length: 16 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 25 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50 million
Coordinates: 35.070, -89.830

The tornado started just southwest of Germantown and moved northeast through the eastern part of Shelby County and then continued into the northwest part of Fayette County. Three persons were killed in Germantown when the tornado struck a home where 16 people had gathered for a family reunion. Twenty-five persons were injured in the Germantown area. Overall, 28 homes were destroyed and 300 other homes were damaged. Houston High School was badly damaged and a nearby church sustained significant damage. Thirty utility poles were blown down along with a several trees. Two mobile homes were destroyed in Fayette County. M44H,M11H,M48H

Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson

When: November 27, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Gibson County, Humboldt
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.997, -88.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several power lines were blown down.

Hail, Henry

When: November 27, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Henry County, Paris
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 36.332, -88.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: November 27, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Henry County, Paris
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 36.332, -88.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood

When: November 27, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Haywood County, Forked Deer
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.583, -89.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several homes received minor damage and some sheds, barns and trees were blown down.

Tornado, Stewart

When: November 27, 4:35 PM CST
Where: Stewart County, Bumpus Mills
Rating: F0
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 36.600, -87.820

Four mobile homes were damaged. Some roof damage occurred as well. A few power poles were blown down as well.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson

When: November 27, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Henderson County, Lexington
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.654, -88.388 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis

When: November 27, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Lewis County, Gordonsburg
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.527, -87.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson

When: November 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, Burwood
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.894, -86.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ten structures were damaged and five others were destroyed.

Hail, Maury

When: November 27, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Maury County, Columbia
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.617, -87.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson

When: November 27, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Davidson County, Nashville
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 36.171, -86.777 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several large tree limbs fell on top of some power lines knocking out power to about 500 homes.

Thunderstorm Wind, Maury

When: November 27, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Maury County, Columbia
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.617, -87.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three large trees were blown down on to electrical transformers.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Wayne	1994-11-27				Direct

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

Every storm in Tennessee in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1994 Warnings in Tennessee, November 1994

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: 10348918, 10349028, 10349029, 10349041, 10348864, 10349431, 10349452, 10349453, 10349370, 10348870, 10349445, 10348738, 10348969, 10349384, 10348696, 10349385.