Tennessee

Storm History: Franklin County, Tennessee

501 episodes, 735 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
735
Deaths
11
Injuries
59
Damage
$2.4 million
Episodes
501

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
Thunderstorm Wind14702$497,000
Tornado120957$1.6 million
Hail11500$161,000
Frost/Freeze6600
Flash Flood6400$33,000
Winter Weather5910
Drought5200
Heavy Snow1900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Winter Storm1110
Heat1000
Excessive Heat900
Ice Storm800
Lightning700$102,000
Flood400
Strong Wind400$15,000
High Wind300$36,000
Tropical Storm200
Freezing Fog200
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.