Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- June 14, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -86.470
Sheriff's department reported trees down around the county.
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, June 14, 1998
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trousdale
- When
- June 14, 10:12 AM CST
- Where
- Trousdale County, Hartsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -86.170
Sheriff's department reported trees blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 14, 10:51 AM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Cookeville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -85.500
Trees blown down in northwest part of town.
Tornado, Benton
- When
- June 14, 7:53 PM CST to 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Big Sandy
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -88.080
Tornado lifted a roof off a grocery store and strewn debris in the parking lot.
Hail, Benton
- When
- June 14, 7:59 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Big Sandy
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -88.080
Quarter size hail was reported by a SKYWARN Spotter.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
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: 5658965, 5658966, 5658967, 5658968, 5658969.