Tennessee

Storm History: Madison County, Tennessee

475 episodes, 703 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
703
Deaths
27
Injuries
284
Damage
$203 million
Episodes
475

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
Tornado15020278$197 million
Hail14103$1.1 million
Flash Flood12310$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind7500$376,000
Excessive Heat5500
Heat4320
Winter Storm3012$28,000
Drought2300
Winter Weather1500
Flood1220$3.9 million
Ice Storm901$1,000
Heavy Snow700$3,000
Cold/Wind Chill710
Strong Wind300$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind200$15,000
Tropical Storm200$31,000
Frost/Freeze200
Lightning100$10,000

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.