Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2017

1,404 events in 142 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,404
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
142

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 Wind71421$243,000
Hail22500$12 million
Winter Weather9600
Flash Flood8901$1.4 million
Strong Wind4300$152,000
Heavy Snow4200
Tornado4007$13 million
Flood3900$367,000
Heavy Rain3700
Heat3700
Lightning1310$202,000
Excessive Heat1000
High Wind800$60,000
Funnel Cloud700$1,000
Frost/Freeze300
Astronomical Low Tide100

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.