Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2008

1,230 events in 164 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,230
Deaths
42
Injuries
176
Damage
$279 million
Episodes
164

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind52202$709,000
Drought21500
Hail17001$1.7 million
High Wind6510$649,000
Winter Storm6410
Flash Flood6332$1.1 million
Tornado5633166$274 million
Heavy Snow1700
Winter Weather1625
Frost/Freeze900
Tropical Depression800$670,000
Strong Wind710$52,000
Flood610$212,000
Lightning400
Heavy Rain300
Ice Storm300
Funnel Cloud100
Heat100

Every episode, month by month

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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.