Tennessee, 1998Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
April 3, 1998 · NWS OHX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- April 3, 2:58 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Cottontown to 3 mi of Castalian Spgs
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -86.480
The tornado downed trees, power lines and took off roofs to many homes. Areas just south of Cottontown were hardest hit. Homes were also damaged just north of Gallatin on RT 109 and Douglas Lane.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trousdale
- When
- April 3, 3:20 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trousdale County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -86.170
News article states strong winds damaged barns, downed trees and power lines from Templow to Willard. The Friendship Baptist Church had roof damage. There was also damage to a store building at Templow.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- April 3, 4:08 PM CST to 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, North Spgs to 1 mi NE of Whitleyville
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -85.770
3 barns were completely destroyed, several houses, a church, and other barns lost roofs.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3, 19981 death · 1 injured · $687,000 · F1 · 69 events
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 19983 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 3 to 8, 1998$581,000 · F1 · 65 events
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$100,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$250,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$115,000 · 2.75 in hail · 35 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$77,000 · 1.75 in hail · 16 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 3, 1998$21,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$32,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 3, 1998$27,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3 to 4, 1998$100 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998$16,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5641244, 5641242, 5641243.