Tennessee

Storm History: Crockett County, Tennessee

303 episodes, 393 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Crockett 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
393
Deaths
4
Injuries
19
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
303

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
Tornado64319$19 million
Flash Flood6000$256,000
Excessive Heat5900
Heat4400
Winter Storm3200$48,000
Drought3100
Hail3000$232,000
Thunderstorm Wind2200$128,000
Winter Weather1400
Ice Storm900$1,000
Flood700$27,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow500$2,000
Strong Wind300$70,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind210$20,000
Frost/Freeze200

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 Crockett County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Crockett CountyEvery warning in Crockett 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.