Tennessee

Storm History: Henderson County, Tennessee

370 episodes, 491 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henderson 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
491
Deaths
19
Injuries
148
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
370

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
Tornado10315133$28 million
Hail8002$912,000
Flash Flood7107$1.5 million
Excessive Heat5000
Thunderstorm Wind4800$1.0 million
Heat3610
Winter Storm2600$2,000
Drought2100
Winter Weather1615
Heavy Snow700$3,000
Ice Storm600$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill620
Flood400$120,000
Strong Wind400$14,000
High Wind300$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Tropical Storm200$31,000
Lightning201$2,000
Frost/Freeze200
Heavy Rain100

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 Henderson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henderson CountyEvery warning in Henderson 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.