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Tennessee storm reports for April 27, 2011

NOAA recorded 51 hail reports, 46 wind reports and 58 tornado reports in Tennessee on April 27, 2011.

in Tennessee
155
Storm reports
About 29 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 31 miles from Knoxville, TN
58
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 27, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail51, most at 7 PM

Wind46, most at 5 PM

Tornado58, most at 8 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:45 AMEF2About 23 miles from Chattanooga, TN2 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:47 AMEF0Near 36.00, -85.11, TN5.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:55 AMEF1About 7 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.7 mi long, 80 yd wide
7:55 AMEF2About 8 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.3 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:56 AMEF1About 4 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.5 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:03 AMEF0About 6 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:04 AMEF1About 6 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:37 AMEF1About 24 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:02 PMEF1About 10 miles from Chattanooga, TN17 mi long, 120 yd wide
2:15 PMEF0About 22 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.78 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:26 PMEF1About 21 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.2 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:26 PMEF1About 24 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.9 mi long, 80 yd wide
Show all 58 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
2:36 PMEF0About 21 miles from Chattanooga, TN2 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:04 PMEF0About 35 miles from Knoxville, TN2.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:49 PMEF1About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN3.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:03 PMEF1About 4 miles from Chattanooga, TN3.8 mi long, 125 yd wide
5:11 PMEF2Near 35.02, -88.27, TN3.84 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:12 PMEF0About 10 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.1 mi long, 70 yd wide
5:13 PMEF1About 9 miles from Chattanooga, TN4 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:14 PMEF1About 9 miles from Chattanooga, TN3.6 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:21 PMEF2About 23 miles from Chattanooga, TN10 mi long, 800 yd wide
5:28 PMEF2About 17 miles from Chattanooga, TN27.95 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0About 30 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0About 42 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:07 PMEF0About 27 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.75 mi long, 110 yd wide
6:08 PMEF2About 50 miles from Knoxville, TN10.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:10 PMEF1About 45 miles from Knoxville, TN11.4 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:31 PMEF4About 31 miles from Knoxville, TN14.45 mi long, 1320 yd wide
6:35 PMEF0About 47 miles from Knoxville, TN0.7 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:35 PMEF0About 23 miles from Chattanooga, TN1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:00 PMEF0About 25 miles from Knoxville, TN1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:09 PMEF0About 13 miles from Knoxville, TN6.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:46 PMEF0About 35 miles from Knoxville, TN3.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:57 PMEF1About 4 miles from Knoxville, TN1 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:06 PMEF0About 15 miles from Knoxville, TN0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:06 PMEF4About 21 miles from Chattanooga, TN40.16 mi long, 880 yd wide
8:07 PMEF0About 35 miles from Kingsport, TN0.5 mi long, 70 yd wide
8:11 PMEF0About 29 miles from Knoxville, TN0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:18 PMEF0About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN0.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:20 PMEF1About 45 miles from Knoxville, TN11 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:22 PMEF0About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN1.75 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:24 PMEF0About 26 miles from Knoxville, TN0.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:25 PMEF1About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN12.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:28 PMEF1About 48 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:29 PMEF2About 18 miles from Kingsport, TN8.8 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:31 PMEF0About 35 miles from Knoxville, TN1.1 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:33 PMEF1About 37 miles from Knoxville, TN7.1 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:35 PMEF2About 33 miles from Knoxville, TN16.9 mi long, 440 yd wide
8:43 PMEF0About 26 miles from Knoxville, TN3.8 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:28 PMEF0About 16 miles from Knoxville, TN1 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:28 PMEF2About 22 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.5 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:32 PMEF0About 37 miles from Asheville, NC2.4 mi long, 40 yd wide
9:37 PMEF1About 33 miles from Asheville, NC1.2 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:47 PMEF0About 35 miles from Asheville, NC2.3 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:51 PMEF3About 35 miles from Asheville, NC15.8 mi long, 1500 yd wide
10:18 PMEF0About 34 miles from Knoxville, TN0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:45 PMEF2About 32 miles from Kingsport, TN12 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:40 PMEF3About 30 miles from Kingsport, TN13.6 mi long, 1000 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Kingsport, TN2.75 in69 mph0
Knoxville, TN2.75 in70 mph2
Chattanooga, TN1.75 in69 mph10
Memphis, TN1.75 inNone0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.