Tornado, Maury
- When
- March 8, 4:05 PM CST to 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Maury County, Bryant Station to 2 mi SE of Bryant Station
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -86.900
A woman saw a tornado from her home.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 8, 1998
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- 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 Nashville radar (KOHX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:06 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- March 8, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Inglewood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -86.730
Large tree limbs were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- March 8, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Lynchburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -86.380
A diesel storage tank, used by the city's fire department, was toppled by strong thunderstorm winds. Some of the 250 gallons of fuel leaked into a nearby creek.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- March 8, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Statesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -86.130
The highway department reported a tree was blown down on Harden Hollow Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- March 8, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Pleasant Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -86.230
The highway department reported 3 trees were blown down on Pleasant Grove Rd.
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, March 8 to 17, 1998
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 8 to 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1998Warnings in Tennessee, March 1998
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: 5632418, 5632414, 5632417, 5632415, 5632416.