Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2012

1,553 events in 204 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,553
Deaths
14
Injuries
103
Damage
$86 million
Episodes
204

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 Wind598210$3.6 million
Hail45203$2.2 million
Drought17000
Winter Weather7500$25,000
Flash Flood5703$6.3 million
Tornado33386$73 million
Lightning2800$365,000
High Wind2801$356,000
Excessive Heat2400
Heat2280
Heavy Snow1500
Funnel Cloud1000
Flood1000$11,000
Winter Storm910
Frost/Freeze900
Heavy Rain900
Strong Wind300$6,000
Dust Devil100

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.