Tennessee

Storm History: Obion County, Tennessee

366 episodes, 498 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Obion 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
498
Deaths
8
Injuries
8
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
366

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
Tornado9425$17 million
Flash Flood7110$2.4 million
Hail6100$166,000
Excessive Heat5900
Thunderstorm Wind4800$677,000
Heat4300
Winter Storm3210$32,000
Drought2700
Winter Weather1500
Flood1100$6.4 million
Ice Storm923$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill720
Heavy Snow500$3,000
High Wind300$25,000
Strong Wind300$45,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning200$13,000
Tropical Storm200$11,000
Frost/Freeze200
Tropical Depression100$150,000

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 Obion County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Obion CountyEvery warning in Obion 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.