Funnel Cloud in Tennessee
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Tennessee, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Tennessee.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 176
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $71,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Tennessee, April 27 to 28, 2011Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across east Tennessee on the 27th. The thunderstorms produced more than 50 tornadoes across the east Tennessee area with 32 deaths and more than 200 injured.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 8 to 11, 2024A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 10, 2009A strong upper level storm system moved across Middle Tennessee triggering early morning severe thunderstorms along with a line of severe thunderstorms that moved west to east across the entire mid state from the late morning hours through mid afternoon.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 30, 2013A powerful upper level trough moved across the United States from Tuesday, January 29th into Wednesday, January 30th. This system contained unusually strong winds aloft, with wind speeds of 80 mph just 2500 feet above the surface and up to 150 mph at 20,000 feet.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 2 to 10, 2012On Friday, March 2nd, as a warm and moist surface based air mass occurred across Middle Tennessee in advance of a strong surface cold front, and a deep upper level trough moved closer to the mid state with strong winds aloft, a significant severe weather outbreak occurred across…
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 26 to 27, 2011During the early morning hours on Wednesday, April 27th, twelve tornadoes occurred across Middle Tennessee. Seven of these were EF0 tornadoes and five of these were EF1 tornadoes.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 30 to 31, 2004Law enforcement reported trees down on U.S. Highway 70 just west of Camden.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 2 to 3, 2015Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on July 2. Some of these storms became supercells with low level rotation, and produced 5 weak tornadoes along with several other funnel clouds and wind damage.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, October 26, 2010A cold front tracked through the region triggering scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained mainly damaging thunderstorm wind, but an EF2 tornado formed in Hamilton County. Six people were injured.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, July 27, 2014A potent upper-level storm system impacted the region on Sunday, July 27th, bringing several rounds of severe weather along with locally heavy rainfall. Three tornadoes were observed across east Tennessee; one classified as a strong, EF-3 tornado with winds of 140 mph.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 4, 2011From the morning through mid afternoon hours on Monday, April 4th, a line of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee ahead of the passage of a strong surface and upper level frontal system.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, June 21, 2019The most widespread damaging wind event to affect Middle Tennessee in at least 15 years struck the area during the evening hours on Friday, June 21, 2019.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 23, 2011During the afternoon through early evening hours on Wednesday, March 23rd, as a strong low pressure system moved across the Ohio Valley Region, an associated strong cold front approached and moved across Middle Tennessee.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 8, 2016Only one day after the severe thunderstorms and major flash flooding affected Middle Tennessee on Wednesday July 6 into Thursday July 7, the largest severe weather event of the 2016 summer brought widespread wind damage and some large hail during the afternoon and evening hours…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 27 to 28, 2009Ahead of an approaching cold front, severe thunderstorms developed across the western half of middle Tennessee.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 27, 2017A late Spring storm system brought several waves of strong to severe thunderstorms to Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on May 27.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, July 14, 2015The largest severe weather event of the 2015 spring and summer seasons struck Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on July 14.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 30, 2024Two lines of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee on July 30, 2024. One of these lines moved through the area during the afternoon while the second arrived late in the evening.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 8, 2009A highly organized mesoscale convective vorticity maximum with strong low to mid tropospheric flow coupled with moderate instability resulted in the development of discrete supercellular thunderstorms.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 12, 2023A line of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee during the early afternoon hours of August 12, 2023. Damaging straight-line winds were the main hazard with this line with numerous reports received of downed trees and powerlines.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25 to 26, 2011Severe thunderstorms occurred across multiple Middle Tennessee counties during the evening hours on Wednesday, July 25th. This resulted in thunderstorm wind damage, large hail, and even some funnel cloud events. A person was also struck by lightning in Lawrence County.
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 27 to 29, 2014A cold front tracked across east Tennessee on the 27th through 29th. The front produced numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Many trees and powerlines were downed by the wind. Hail as large as golfball was also seen, Several building were damaged.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 2 to 3, 2009A line of showers and thunderstorms,ahead of an approaching surface front and upper level trough, moved west to east from the southwest during the early afternoon hours through the late evening hours.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, October 13 to 14, 2014A large regional severe weather outbreak affected the Tennessee and lower Mississippi Valleys with a mixture of isolated supercells and multicell line segments impacting Middle Tennessee.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, October 24, 2010During the late afternoon through evening hours on Saturday, October 24th, across locations mainly south of Interstate 40 and west of Interstate 24 in Middle Tennessee, at least a couple of well defined lines of showers and thunderstorms, with embedded severe thunderstorms…
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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.