Hail, Shelby
- When
- June 17, 1:05 AM CST to 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Bartlett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -89.880
Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, June 17, 1997
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:04 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- June 17, 1:15 AM CST to 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Bartlett
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -89.880
A gas station had its roof collapse. Several trees fell on some power lines.
Flash Flood, Tipton
- When
- June 17, 1:30 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tipton County, Covington
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.497, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several buildings were flooded after over 6 inches of rain in a 24-hour period caused nearby Town Creek to flood.
Lightning, Tipton
- When
- June 17, 1:45 AM CST to 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tipton County, Covington
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.497, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One house was damaged by a fire started by lightning.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Indiana, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 17, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 1997
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: 5609281, 5609282, 5609283, 5609284.