Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2019

1,158 events in 159 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2019, 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 2019 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
1,158
Deaths
8
Injuries
8
Damage
$123 million
Episodes
159

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 Wind57515$18 million
Flash Flood15120$75 million
Heat7120$2,000
Winter Weather6200
Flood5000$66,000
Hail4600$171,000
Drought3500
Excessive Heat2900
Strong Wind2501$89,000
Tornado2422$5.8 million
Heavy Rain2200
High Wind2100
Frost/Freeze2000
Lightning900
Funnel Cloud900
Heavy Snow600
Debris Flow210$24 million
Wildfire100

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.