Tennessee

Storm History: Hardin County, Tennessee

323 episodes, 433 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardin 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
433
Deaths
9
Injuries
41
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
323

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
Hail8401$392,000
Flash Flood67022$3.2 million
Tornado65316$29 million
Excessive Heat5000
Thunderstorm Wind3810$2.8 million
Heat3801
Drought2600
Winter Storm2400$50,000
Flood1000$336,000
Winter Weather900
Heavy Snow600$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill540
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill410
Ice Storm200$1,000
Frost/Freeze200
Lightning101$10
High Wind100$10,000
Strong Wind100

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 Hardin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hardin CountyEvery warning in Hardin 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.