Tennessee

Storm History: Henry County, Tennessee

388 episodes, 545 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henry 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
545
Deaths
7
Injuries
81
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
388

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
Hail11400$2.6 million
Tornado97372$22 million
Thunderstorm Wind6402$515,000
Flash Flood5601$273,000
Excessive Heat4600
Heat3600
Drought3300
Winter Storm3003$3,000
Winter Weather1611
Ice Storm900$5,000
Flood801$941,000
Heavy Snow700$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill720
Lightning501$190,000
Strong Wind500$50,000
High Wind400$140,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill310
Tropical Storm200$10,000
Frost/Freeze200
Tropical Depression100$60,000

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 Henry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henry CountyEvery warning in Henry 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.