Storms in Tennessee in 1998

1,260 events in 447 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 1998, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Tennessee in 1998 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

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The year

Events: 1,260
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 169
Damage: $178 million
Episodes: 447

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	474	0	4	$4.2 million
Hail	345	0	11	$1.5 million
Flash Flood	122	10	25	$28 million
Winter Storm	81	1	11	$3.5 million
Flood	63	0	0	$130,000
Ice Storm	51	0	0	$11,000
Tornado	39	7	116	$136 million
Drought	39	0	0
Heavy Snow	25	0	0	$5.0 million
Lightning	12	1	2	$20,000
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0	$50,000
High Wind	2	0	0	$11,000
Heat	2	2	0

Every episode, month by month

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September 1998

October 1998

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 2, 1998$5,000 · 1 event

November 1998

December 1998

Every year in Tennessee Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Tennessee in 1998 Warnings in Tennessee in 1998 1997 1999

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.