Storm History: Clay County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clay 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
- 270
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $2.4 million
- Episodes
- 214
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 73 | 0 | 0 | $287,000 |
| Tornado | 52 | 0 | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Flash Flood | 36 | 0 | 0 | $409,000 |
| Winter Storm | 26 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $263,000 |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 19 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 2, 2015
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2010
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2009
- Tornado, July 26, 2010
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Hail, December 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, January 17, 1999
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Hail, October 18, 2011
- Hail, September 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2002
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Hail, March 11, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Hail, September 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Hail, September 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Lightning, May 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, November 18, 2017
- Flood, July 6, 2017
- Flood, July 1, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Hail, December 17, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2016
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, July 2, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2015
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2013
- Hail, May 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Drought, July 3, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Tornado, April 26, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Hail, October 18, 2011
- Hail, August 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Tornado, July 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2009
- Hail, May 16, 2009
- Tornado, April 2, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
- Drought, September 1, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, March 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Hail, January 29, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 4, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Hail, September 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2006
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, March 9, 2006
- Hail, November 15, 2005
- Hail, July 4, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2004
- Hail, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2004
- Hail, May 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2003
- Tornado, May 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Hail, July 10, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 16, 2002
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Hail, March 13, 2001
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2000
- Tornado, May 23, 2000
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 24, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 5, 1999
- Hail, January 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 23, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Hail, May 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Tornado, January 7, 1998
- Hail, July 8, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 5, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Hail, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Hail, May 16, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1979
- Hail, June 29, 1978
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Hail, May 10, 1969
More
Tornadoes in Clay CountyEvery warning in Clay 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.