Storms in Tennessee in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 1,133
- Deaths
- 31
- Injuries
- 345
- Damage
- $1.6 billion
- Episodes
- 139
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 628 | 1 | 5 | $16 million |
| Flash Flood | 104 | 1 | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Hail | 96 | 0 | 0 | $233,000 |
| Winter Weather | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 41 | 29 | 338 | $1.6 billion |
| Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $69,000 |
| Heat | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 7 | 0 | 1 | $11,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Tennessee, January 11, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 11, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, January 13, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 15, 2020
February 2020
- Flood in Tennessee, February 5, 2020
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Tennessee, February 5 to 7, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, February 5, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 8, 2020
- High Wind in Tennessee, February 10, 2020
- Flooding in Tennessee, February 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Tennessee, February 12, 2020
- Tornado and Flood in Tennessee, February 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 26 to 27, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 26 to 27, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 28, 2020
March 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 2 to 3, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 2 to 3, 2020
- Tornado and Flood in Tennessee, March 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 24, 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 24, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 28 to 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 2020
April 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, April 12, 2020
- High Wind in Tennessee, April 12, 2020
- Flood and Strong Wind in Tennessee, April 12, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 12 to 13, 2020
- High Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 15, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 16, 2020
- High Wind in Tennessee, April 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 25, 2020
- Tornadoes and Strong Wind in Tennessee, April 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, April 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 2020
May 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 4, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 4, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, May 9, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, May 18, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Tennessee, May 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, May 24, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 28, 2020
June 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 5, 2020
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 9, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 14, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, June 14, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, June 15, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, June 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 27, 2020
- Flood in Tennessee, June 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 4, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 4, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, July 12, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 12, 2020
- Heat in Tennessee, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 24, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 25, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, July 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 10, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 10, 2020
- Flood and Hail in Tennessee, August 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 13, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 21, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 22, 2020
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 27, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 28, 2020
- Heat in Tennessee, August 29, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 30, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Tennessee, September 1, 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, September 1, 2020
- Flood in Tennessee, September 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, September 13, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 28, 2020
October 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 23, 2020
- Hail in Tennessee, October 23, 2020
- Flood and High Wind in Tennessee, October 28 to 29, 2020
November 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, November 3, 2020
- Flood in Tennessee, November 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 15, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, November 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, November 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, November 30, 2020
December 2020
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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.