Storm History: Hamilton County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
- 868
- Deaths
- 26
- Injuries
- 213
- Damage
- $175 million
- Episodes
- 621
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 325 | 3 | 5 | $7.7 million |
| Hail | 209 | 0 | 0 | $366,000 |
| Flash Flood | 122 | 6 | 0 | $58 million |
| Tornado | 115 | 13 | 207 | $107 million |
| Heavy Snow | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 20 | 1 | 1 | $914,000 |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2025
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2018
- Flood, September 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 29, 1997
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 11, 1996
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2018
- Lightning, June 10, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Lightning, July 12, 2004
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Tornado, April 15, 1965
- Tornado, May 7, 1984
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, March 29, 1997
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, May 7, 1967
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 12, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Flood, February 12, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 9, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 15, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2022
- Flood, December 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, April 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Flood, July 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2018
- Flood, February 28, 2018
- High Wind, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 22, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Hail, March 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2015
- Hail, June 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2015
- Flood, April 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, June 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 19, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2013
- Hail, August 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Flood, July 7, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
- Flood, July 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2012
- Hail, January 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, October 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2010
- Flood, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, January 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Flood, September 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2009
- Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2009
- Hail, September 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Hail, June 10, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- High Wind, April 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, May 18, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Hail, March 19, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2008
- Hail, February 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2007
- Hail, July 25, 2007
- Hail, July 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 30, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Tornado, April 3, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.