Storm History: Blount County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Blount County, Tennessee: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 714
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $21 million
- Episodes
- 523
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 238 | 0 | 8 | $1.8 million |
| Hail | 158 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Tornado | 80 | 0 | 7 | $5.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 58 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | 54 | 0 | 0 | $6.5 million |
| High Wind | 44 | 0 | 2 | $497,000 |
| Winter Storm | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | $6.0 million |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Lightning, May 23, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2019
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 1995
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, June 28, 1972
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 2, 2001
- High Wind, October 17, 2006
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- High Wind, November 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1995
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 1970
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 7, 1984
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 11, 1963
- Tornado, June 28, 1972
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 2025
- Hail, October 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Hail, May 6, 2024
- Hail, April 10, 2024
- High Wind, March 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, January 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Hail, April 14, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- High Wind, February 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Hail, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 25, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flood, October 28, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, June 7, 2019
- Hail, May 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2019
- High Wind, December 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2018
- Tornado, March 17, 2018
- Flood, March 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2017
- Hail, April 17, 2017
- Hail, March 21, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2016
- Hail, June 14, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- High Wind, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2015
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Hail, June 2, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- High Wind, February 21, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Blizzard, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- High Wind, February 4, 2014
- Hail, August 23, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- High Wind, February 26, 2013
- High Wind, February 10, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Flood, January 15, 2013
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, March 1, 2012
- Tornado, February 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- High Wind, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 16, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- High Wind, November 30, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2010
- Strong Wind, June 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Strong Wind, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- High Wind, December 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- High Wind, December 2, 2009
- Flood, September 26, 2009
- Hail, August 27, 2009
- Hail, June 28, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Hail, June 3, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- High Wind, April 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2008
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Hail, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 18, 2008
- Hail, May 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2008
- High Wind, February 17, 2008
- Hail, February 6, 2008
- High Wind, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Tornado, November 14, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2007
- Hail, August 2, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2007
- Tornado, April 3, 2007
- High Wind, February 25, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, October 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2006
- Hail, April 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2006
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2005
- Hail, August 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Blount CountyEvery warning in Blount County since 1986Every county in Tennessee
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.