Storm History: Unicoi County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Unicoi 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
- 228
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 210
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 52 | 0 | 0 | $427,000 |
| Winter Storm | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | 12 | $332,000 |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 10 | 0 | $16 million |
| High Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | $195,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, July 10, 1980
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Tornado, April 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- High Wind, October 17, 2006
- High Wind, December 27, 2011
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, February 1, 2008
- High Wind, December 2, 2009
- High Wind, February 5, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- High Wind, March 19, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Hail, May 1, 1990
- Hail, June 3, 1985
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, June 28, 1994
- Hail, April 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2012
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, April 28, 2002
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Hail, April 30, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 24, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Tornado, March 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Blizzard, January 20, 2016
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Blizzard, November 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- High Wind, February 26, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2012
- High Wind, December 27, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 9, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 16, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2010
- Tornado, October 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- High Wind, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- High Wind, December 24, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- High Wind, December 2, 2009
- Flood, September 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2008
- High Wind, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Tornado, April 3, 2007
- High Wind, February 25, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, October 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2005
- Lightning, August 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- High Wind, December 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Hail, May 8, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2003
- Hail, April 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2003
- Flood, April 10, 2003
- Flood, February 21, 2003
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2003
- Strong Wind, February 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2002
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Flood, March 17, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2000
- Hail, May 28, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2000
- High Wind, March 19, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 24, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 3, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 1998
- Hail, April 3, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 3, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 7, 1998
- Winter Storm, December 30, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 10, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Hail, March 16, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 11, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1995
- Hail, June 16, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Tornado, May 10, 1995
- Hail, June 28, 1994
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Hail, May 1, 1990
- Hail, May 6, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1988
- Hail, June 3, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 1983
- Tornado, July 10, 1980
- Tornado, April 4, 1974
- Tornado, May 14, 1967
- Tornado, April 22, 1967
More
Tornadoes in Unicoi CountyEvery warning in Unicoi 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.