Storms in Tennessee in 2023

1,854 events in 190 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee in 2023, 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 2023 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: 1,854
Deaths: 28
Injuries: 165
Damage: $287 million
Episodes: 190

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	835	4	9	$80 million
Heat	226	0	0
Drought	166	0	0
Hail	148	1	0	$11 million
Flash Flood	102	0	3	$14 million
Excessive Heat	94	1	0	$1.2 million
High Wind	87	0	0	$20,000
Tornado	60	22	153	$178 million
Winter Storm	36	0	0
Frost/Freeze	28	0	0
Flood	15	0	0	$256,000
Ice Storm	14	0	0	$156,000
Lightning	14	0	0	$10,000
Heavy Rain	7	0	0
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Winter Weather	4	0	0
Heavy Snow	4	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$18,000
Debris Flow	2	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	0	$2.5 million

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Tennessee Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Tennessee in 2023 Warnings in Tennessee in 2023 2022 2024

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.