Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2015

1,181 events in 160 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,181
Deaths
23
Injuries
10
Damage
$81 million
Episodes
160

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 Wind41701$831,000
Winter Storm17632$65 million
Winter Weather13300
Hail10500$195,000
Heavy Snow9600
Flash Flood5020$1.4 million
Flood4400$69,000
Ice Storm3040
Strong Wind2700$90,000
Tornado2667$13 million
High Wind2300
Lightning1400$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill1260
Excessive Heat1020
Funnel Cloud700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Freezing Fog300
Frost/Freeze300
Heavy Rain100
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.