Tornado in Tennessee, September 27, 1996

Name: Tornado in Tennessee, September 27, 1996
Start: 1996-09-27T05:15
End: 1996-09-27T05:20
Location: Tennessee

September 27, 1996 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Tornado touched down near the intersection of Prosser Rd. and Dunn Rd.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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What happened

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Tornado touched down near the intersection of Prosser Rd. and Dunn Rd. One house was destroyed and another house was damaged. Lengthand width of tornado are approximate.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lawrence

When: September 27, 5:15 AM CST to 5:20 AM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Leoma to 3 mi NE of Leoma
Rating: F1
Path length: 2.8 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 35.200, -87.320

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1996 Warnings in Tennessee, September 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: 5564819.