Tennessee

Storms in Tennessee in 2021

1,285 events in 165 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,285
Deaths
40
Injuries
59
Damage
$192 million
Episodes
165

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 Wind38414$1.2 million
Flash Flood20884$29 million
Hail13801$89,000
Winter Weather11300
Tornado972749$149 million
Winter Storm8400$13 million
Heat7300
Heavy Snow4800
Flood3500$75,000
Cold/Wind Chill2141
Frost/Freeze2100
Ice Storm1500$629,000
High Wind1200
Lightning1000$2,000
Excessive Heat1000
Heavy Rain900
Strong Wind400$51,000
Funnel Cloud200
Debris Flow100

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.