Tornado, Wilson
- When
- June 9, 2:35 AM CST to 2:39 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Lebanon to 2 mi SE of Lebanon
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.4 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.270
Tornado in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
One horse had to be destroyed. The horse tried to jump a fence during the storm but got impaled on the fence post.
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
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
One horse had to be destroyed. The horse tried to jump a fence during the storm but got impaled on the fence post. A few homes and barns received some damage. One tree that was uprooted during the storm had a base of about 30 feet in diameter.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 9, 1996
- Flood in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1996Warnings in Tennessee, June 1996
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: 5551378.