Storms in Tennessee in 2021
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 384 | 1 | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 208 | 8 | 4 | $29 million |
| Hail | 138 | 0 | 1 | $89,000 |
| Winter Weather | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 97 | 27 | 49 | $149 million |
| Winter Storm | 84 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Heat | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 4 | 1 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $629,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 10 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 15 to 16, 2021
- Hail in Tennessee, January 25, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 25, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, January 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 27 to 28, 2021
February 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 1 to 2, 2021
- High Wind in Tennessee, February 4, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 9 to 11, 2021
- Ice Storm in Tennessee, February 10 to 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 12 to 13, 2021
- Cold in Tennessee, February 13 to 21, 2021
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 13 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 14 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 14 to 15, 2021
- Ice Storm in Tennessee, February 15, 2021
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Tennessee, February 15, 2021
- Cold in Tennessee, February 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 17 to 18, 2021
- High Wind in Tennessee, February 21 to 22, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, February 27 to 28, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, February 28, 2021
March 2021
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1, 2021
- Hail in Tennessee, March 16, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 17, 2021
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, March 17, 2021
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Tennessee, March 17 to 18, 2021
- Flash Flood and Flood in Tennessee, March 25 to 26, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 25, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 25, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, March 27 to 28, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, March 27 to 28, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 27 to 28, 2021
- Hail in Tennessee, March 27, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 30 to 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, March 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 31, 2021
April 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 2, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 3, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 7 to 8, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 8, 2021
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, April 9, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 9, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, April 22, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 24, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 28, 2021
May 2021
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 3, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 3 to 4, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 4, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 4, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 6, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 2021
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 9, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 9, 2021
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, May 28, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 28, 2021
June 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 3, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 3, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 8, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 8, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, June 12, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 12, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 12, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 14, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 28 to 29, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 2021
July 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 1, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 8, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 10, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 10 to 11, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 11, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 17, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 18, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, July 24 to 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 25, 2021
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 26, 2021
- Excessive Heat in Tennessee, July 30 to 31, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, July 30, 2021
- Excessive Heat in Tennessee, July 30, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 30, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, July 30 to 31, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, July 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2021
August 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 1, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 7, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, August 9 to 12, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 9, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 10, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 11, 2021
- Hail in Tennessee, August 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 13, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 14, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 15 to 16, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 20, 2021
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 21, 2021
- Heat in Tennessee, August 23 to 26, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 25, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 26, 2021
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 30, 2021
- Strong Wind in Tennessee, August 31, 2021
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Tennessee, August 31, 2021
September 2021
- Funnel Cloud in Tennessee, September 14, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, September 15, 2021
- Flood in Tennessee, September 17, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, September 18, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, September 18 to 19, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, September 19 to 20, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, September 20, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, September 21, 2021
October 2021
- Tornado in Tennessee, October 3, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, October 5, 2021
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, October 6, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, October 6, 2021
- Strong Wind in Tennessee, October 11, 2021
- High Wind in Tennessee, October 28, 2021
November 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, November 5, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, November 6, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, November 7, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, November 13 to 14, 2021
December 2021
- Hail in Tennessee, December 5, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, December 5 to 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Tennessee, December 6, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 6, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, December 10 to 11, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 10 to 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, December 29, 2021
- Flood in Tennessee, December 29, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, December 29, 2021
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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.