Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2011

2,038 events in 191 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,038
Deaths
53
Injuries
543
Damage
$2.2 billion
Episodes
191

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 Wind84000$2.0 million
Hail38315$26 million
Winter Weather26212
Tornado12536442$118 million
Heavy Snow83170
Flash Flood7220$668,000
Flood4600$2.0 billion
Drought4500
Excessive Heat4140
High Wind3800$405,000
Funnel Cloud3300
Winter Storm3116
Strong Wind1701$84,000
Lightning1000
Heavy Rain300
Frost/Freeze300
Heat240
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110
Cold/Wind Chill100
Wildfire100$100,000
Freezing Fog1217$500,000

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.