Strong Wind in Tennessee

Events

435

Deaths

7

Injuries

5

Damage

$4.7 million

• Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 2 to 10, 201220 injured · $29 million · EF2 · 78 eventsOn Friday, March 2nd, as a warm and moist surface based air mass occurred across Middle Tennessee in advance of a strong surface cold front, and a deep upper level trough moved closer to the mid state with strong winds aloft, a significant severe weather outbreak occurred across…
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Tennessee, October 31, 20131 death · $227,000 · 57 kt wind · 38 eventsA powerful storm system moved across the Tennessee & Ohio Valleys during the afternoon and evening hours on October 31.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 20171 death · $59,000 · 52 kt wind · 43 eventsA QLCS (Quasi-Linear Convective System) moved from southwest to northeast across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on April 30. Numerous reports of wind damage were received.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 20091 death · $121,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsA strong pressure gradient across the area brought high winds to the higher elevations and strong winds to the valley. One person died when a tree fell on their home while they were inside.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 3 to 5, 20111 death · $60,000 · 65 kt wind · 16 eventsSevere convection formed along an outflow boundary which originated over the higher terrain along the Tennessee and North Carolina border.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, February 17, 20081 death · $75,000 · 78 kt wind · 10 eventsA strong pressure gradient brought non-thunderstorm damaging winds to the higher elevations of east Tennessee on the 17th. Strong winds in the valley was responsible for one death in Loudon County.
• Strong Wind in Tennessee, November 25, 20241 death · $20,000 · 2 eventsA cold front swept through Middle Tennessee late on November 25, 2024, bringing wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph across the area. While these gusts were non-severe, they did cause minor damage to mobile homes in Bethpage and caused a tree to fall in south Nashville.
• Strong Wind in Tennessee, March 3, 20081 death · 1 eventGusty gradient winds caused a fatality as a man was trying to hold a mattress in the back of a truck.
• Strong Wind in Tennessee, February 27, 20241 death · 1 eventStrong winds were felt across Middle Tennessee on February 27, 2024, with gusts of 35 to 50 mph. These winds were responsible for a downed tree near Springfield in Robertson County. Unfortunately, this tree fell onto a roadway, causing a collision which killed the driver.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 15, 2026$1.5 million · EF1 · 26 eventsA potent low pressure system and cold front impacted a large part of the eastern United States on March 15 into the early morning hours of March 16, 2026.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, February 22 to 24, 2019$1.7 million · 50 kt wind · 40 eventsA stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Tennessee, December 21 to 22, 2013$444,000 · 61 kt wind · 62 eventsA large and intense squall line moved across Middle Tennessee during the evening hours on December 21 and early morning hours on December 22, producing widespread wind damage in nearly every county of Middle Tennessee.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 5, 20171 injured · $150,000 · EF1 · 43 eventsA powerful spring storm system moved across the eastern US on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. This system brought numerous severe thunderstorms to many states from the Midwest into the Southeast, with hundreds of reports of large hail, wind damage, and numerous tornadoes.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, March 4 to 5, 2025$1.2 million · 57 kt wind · 23 eventsA potent storm system tracked across the eastern United States, steering a very strong low-level jet over Middle Tennessee on March 4, 2025. These very strong upper-level winds were able to mix down to the surface which resulted in damaging winds across the area.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, December 1, 2006$660,000 · 67 kt wind · 35 eventsA strong cold front tracked through the region bringing high non-thunderstorm winds across east Tennessee.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 29 to 30, 20137 injured · $135,000 · 96 kt wind · 10 eventsAn intensifying surface low moved from the Southern Plains into the Great Lakes. Meanwhile the associated strong cold front swept across the Mid-South during the evening hours of January 29, 2013 into the early morning hours of January 30, 2013.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 11, 2020$364,000 · EF1 · 21 eventsA cold season quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) moved across the Mid-South during the overnight and early morning hours Saturday, January 11, 2020. Strong southerly winds drew unseasonably warm, moist air northward into the region ahead of a cold front.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, December 8 to 9, 2009$470,000 · 88 kt wind · 33 eventsA strong low pressure tracked across east Tennessee bringing damaging non-thunderstorm winds to the area late in the day on the 8th and continued into the overnight hours on the 9th. The strongest winds occurred over the higher elevations.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Tennessee, January 11, 2020$212,000 · 74 kt wind · 48 eventsAn unusually early in the year and very widespread severe weather outbreak affected much of the southeastern U.S. from January 10, 2020 into January 11, 2020.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 26, 2010$274,000 · 1.5 in hail · 36 eventsOn Tuesday, October 26th, an intense surface low pressure center known as a midlatitude cyclone developed across the upper Midwest, resulting in gusty surface winds, which produced strong to high wind damage events at some locations across the Middle Tennessee.
• Strong Wind in Tennessee, May 3, 2013$1.0 million · 2 eventsStrong southerly gradient winds developed during the afternoon and evening hours on May 3 across Middle Tennessee. Two reports of wind damage were received.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Tennessee, August 5, 2010$232,000 · 60 kt wind · 23 eventsA boundary across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 31, 2017$117,000 · EF1 · 13 eventsOne week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the middle Texas coast, a weakened but still intense Tropical Depression Harvey moved across Middle Tennessee from Thursday August 31, 2017 into Friday September 1, 2017.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, September 1 to 2, 2017$275,000 · 16 eventsOne week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the middle Texas coast, a weakened but still intense Tropical Depression Harvey moved across Middle Tennessee from Thursday August 31, 2017 into Friday September 1, 2017.
• Strong Wind in Tennessee, February 11, 2009$242,000 · 16 eventsA strong low pressure system moved northeast from Southern Missouri during the day on February 11, 2009. As the low pressure system moved northeast, a trailing cold front pushed east across the area.

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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.