Tennessee, 2025

Heat in Tennessee, June 24 to 25, 2025

June 24 to 25, 2025 · NWS HUN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

High temperatures reached the middle to upper 90s with lows only in the lower to middle 70s. With dew points in the 70s, daytime heat index values reached around 105 degrees.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.

High temperatures reached the middle to upper 90s with lows only in the lower to middle 70s. With dew points in the 70s, daytime heat index values reached around 105 degrees.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 11:44 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 11:44 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Franklin

When
June 24, 1:00 PM CST to June 25, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.155, -86.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index briefly reached as high as 105 degrees.

Heat, Moore

When
June 24, 1:00 PM CST to June 25, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Moore forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.285, -86.359 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index briefly reached as high as 105 degrees.

Heat, Lincoln

When
June 24, 1:00 PM CST to June 25, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index briefly reached as high as 105 degrees.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1280952, 1280957, 1280958.