Tennessee

Storm History: Carroll County, Tennessee

401 episodes, 536 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carroll 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
536
Deaths
16
Injuries
200
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
401

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado1099193$23 million
Hail10000$1.4 million
Flash Flood6900$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind5101$537,000
Excessive Heat4503
Heat4020$1,000
Drought3100
Winter Storm2812$97,000
Winter Weather1610
Heavy Snow800$4,000
Ice Storm800
Cold/Wind Chill710
Flood600$556,000
Strong Wind501$75,000
High Wind300$37,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill310
Lightning210$5,000
Frost/Freeze200
Tropical Storm100$10,000
Tropical Depression100$40,000
Heavy Rain100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Carroll County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carroll CountyEvery warning in Carroll 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.