Storm History: Lewis County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lewis 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
- 276
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 214
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 68 | 1 | 16 | $28 million |
| Hail | 55 | 0 | 2 | $188,000 |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | $452,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $504,000 |
| Drought | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, May 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2009
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Hail, July 3, 1995
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Hail, September 5, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Flood, March 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Hail, March 26, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2005
- Hail, November 15, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, November 27, 1994
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, November 18, 1957
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Hail, September 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Flood, August 26, 2023
- Heat, August 25, 2023
- Heat, August 24, 2023
- Hail, July 18, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Hail, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Hail, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Hail, January 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 31, 2018
- Tornado, June 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Flood, March 21, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2017
- Tornado, March 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2012
- Drought, July 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2012
- Hail, June 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2011
- Hail, August 3, 2011
- Flood, June 28, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Hail, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2010
- Hail, May 28, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Hail, January 29, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, March 9, 2006
- Hail, December 3, 2005
- Hail, November 15, 2005
- Strong Wind, August 29, 2005
- Hail, August 15, 2005
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, December 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Hail, July 4, 2004
- Tornado, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2003
- Tornado, May 4, 2003
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 14, 2003
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2001
- Hail, June 3, 2001
- Hail, April 15, 2001
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2001
- Tornado, July 20, 2000
- Hail, April 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 2000
- Tornado, August 12, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 5, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 10, 1998
- Tornado, April 3, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 30, 1997
- Flash Flood, August 14, 1997
- Hail, July 8, 1997
- Hail, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flood, April 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 2, 1997
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Hail, January 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 1996
- Hail, September 16, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, November 27, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1992
- Tornado, June 25, 1992
- Tornado, May 12, 1992
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Hail, April 3, 1989
- Hail, April 23, 1977
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1968
- Tornado, November 18, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Lewis CountyEvery warning in Lewis 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.