Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2010

1,781 events in 237 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,781
Deaths
60
Injuries
83
Damage
$2.4 billion
Episodes
237

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 Wind52403$4.4 million
Heavy Snow203219$850,000
Winter Weather17400$450,000
Heat169121
Hail16711$1.9 million
Flash Flood13901$99 million
Excessive Heat791229$100,000
Drought7300
Winter Storm4323$25,000
Flood4200$5,000
Ice Storm4112$1.1 million
Tornado392324$2.3 billion
High Wind2400$102,000
Lightning2400$105,000
Funnel Cloud1800
Strong Wind1300$94,000
Cold/Wind Chill460
Heavy Rain400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110

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.