Storms in Tennessee in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1981, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Tennessee in 1981 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 40
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $400,000
- Episodes
- 21
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
April 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 4, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 14, 1981
- Hail in Tennessee, April 16, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 17, 1981
May 1981
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 9, 1981
- Hail in Tennessee, May 14, 1981
- Hail in Tennessee, May 18, 1981
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 27, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 30, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 31, 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, June 6, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 25, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 25, 1981
October 1981
More
Every year in TennesseeEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Tennessee in 198119801982
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.