Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2009

1,593 events in 213 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,593
Deaths
20
Injuries
114
Damage
$131 million
Episodes
213

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 Wind70703$2.3 million
Hail26408$3.9 million
Flash Flood17925$12 million
High Wind6513$579,000
Winter Weather64123$10,000
Flood5711$460,000
Tornado46366$112 million
Heavy Snow4500
Funnel Cloud3200
Strong Wind3101$333,000
Lightning3101$176,000
Winter Storm3000
Ice Storm2523$99,000
Heavy Rain600$10,000
Frost/Freeze400
Cold/Wind Chill200
Heat290
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Sleet100
Freezing Fog110

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.