Tennessee

Storm History: Gibson County, Tennessee

436 episodes, 619 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gibson 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
619
Deaths
15
Injuries
67
Damage
$566 million
Episodes
436

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
Tornado1401260$560 million
Hail10602$3.8 million
Flash Flood9703$484,000
Thunderstorm Wind5601$947,000
Excessive Heat5310
Heat4200
Drought3200
Winter Storm3000$203,000
Winter Weather1601
Heavy Snow800$3,000
Ice Storm800$5,000
Flood600$351,000
Strong Wind600$108,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Lightning420$512,000
High Wind300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze200
Tropical Depression100$40,000

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 Gibson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gibson CountyEvery warning in Gibson 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.