Storm History: McMinn County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McMinn 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
- 539
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 121
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 420
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 189 | 0 | 3 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 133 | 0 | 0 | $272,000 |
| Tornado | 95 | 1 | 118 | $6.8 million |
| Flash Flood | 53 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $920,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 8 | 1 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2003
- Tornado, February 6, 1986
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, February 29, 1952
- Tornado, April 8, 1974
- Tornado, December 5, 1977
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2002
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 1999
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 7, 1985
- Hail, June 26, 1995
- Hail, May 1, 1990
- Hail, June 16, 1980
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Hail, March 21, 2017
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, July 14, 1966
- Hail, August 7, 1962
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 25, 2020
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Hail, April 22, 2017
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, February 29, 1952
- Tornado, May 2, 1953
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 8, 1974
- Tornado, May 7, 1984
- Tornado, February 6, 1986
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 1957
- Tornado, March 19, 1963
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 2, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2020
- Hail, April 25, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2019
- Hail, June 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2018
- Flood, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2018
- Tornado, March 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, May 12, 2017
- Hail, April 22, 2017
- Hail, March 21, 2017
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Hail, April 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Flood, December 2, 2015
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2015
- Hail, April 3, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, June 10, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2013
- Flood, January 15, 2013
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Hail, March 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, May 13, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Flood, January 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Hail, May 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- High Wind, December 2, 2009
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Flood, September 26, 2009
- Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 17, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2009
- Hail, June 28, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Hail, June 10, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, May 14, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- High Wind, April 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2009
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 9, 2008
- Hail, March 19, 2008
- High Wind, February 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 10, 2008
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Hail, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Hail, June 14, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2006
- Hail, April 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2005
- Lightning, May 20, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 12, 2005
- Hail, April 12, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2005
- Hail, February 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2003
- Hail, April 29, 2003
- Flood, February 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2003
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Strong Wind, February 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- High Wind, September 27, 2002
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in McMinn CountyEvery warning in McMinn 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.