Thunderstorm Wind, Stewart
- When
- May 26, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Stewart County, 2 mi W of Dover
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -87.870
Large tree limbs and and a few power lines were down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $43,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 26, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 4 mi S of Cunningham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -87.380
A few trees were down in southern Montgomery county along HWY 48.
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 26, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Camden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -88.100
Dime size hail reported at Camden.
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- May 26, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Erin
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -87.700
Large trees limbs and a few power lines were down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Humphreys
- When
- May 26, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, Waverly
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -87.800
Numerous trees were down and a few shingles came off a roof.
Thunderstorm Wind, Humphreys
- When
- May 26, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, 5 mi S of Mc Ewen
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -87.630
A few trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickson
- When
- May 26, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dickson County, Oak Grove
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -87.480
A few power lines were down at Oak Grove.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- May 26, 9:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman County, 3 mi N of Pinewood
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -87.480
A few power lines were down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheatham
- When
- May 26, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County, Pleasant View
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -87.030
A few power lines were down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 26, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, 2 mi SE of Bellevue
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -86.900
A few trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- May 26, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Franklin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -86.900
Several trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maury
- When
- May 26, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Maury County, 9 mi E of Columbia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -86.900
2 trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 26, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Chapel Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -86.700
2 trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- May 26, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Eagleville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -86.650
A few power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford
- When
- May 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford County, 5 mi NE of Wartrace
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -86.280
Numerous trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- May 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Christiana
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -86.400
Windows were blown out of homes and a barn was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- May 26, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County, Beech Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -86.250
Trees were down in Beech Grove
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 26, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Deerfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -87.480
SKYWARN Spotter reported dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 26, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2 mi S of Huntland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -86.270
A SKYWARN Spotter reported a tree was blown down in her back yard.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- May 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Parsons
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -88.130
Trees were blown down and blocking a road in Parsons.
Hail, Decatur
- When
- May 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Parsons
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -88.130
Ping pong ball size hail reported at Parsons.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 26, 8:49 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Nashville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -86.830
Quarter size hail reported at I-40/440 junction.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- May 26, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Lascassas
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -86.320
A few power lines were 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 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: 5598025, 5598024, 5598026, 5598027, 5598028, 5598031, 5598029, 5598030, 5598032, 5598033, 5598034, 5598036, 5598035, 5598037, 5598038, 5598040, 5598039, 5598023, 5598041, 5598042, 5598113, 5598114, 5598115.