Storm History: Van Buren County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Van Buren 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
- 200
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $6.4 million
- Episodes
- 178
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 42 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 26 | 0 | 0 | $127,000 |
| Tornado | 21 | 1 | 1 | $129,000 |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $5.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $860,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Lightning, May 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2009
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2010
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Flood, March 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Tornado, April 3, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 9, 2011
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2022
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, June 7, 1985
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 1999
- Hail, May 18, 1993
- Flood, March 21, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2017
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2024
- Drought, July 16, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, October 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Hail, March 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2017
- Flood, March 21, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Tornado, December 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 26, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2011
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Strong Wind, March 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, January 24, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
- Drought, September 1, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Hail, March 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Lightning, July 19, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Hail, September 23, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2006
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2005
- Strong Wind, August 30, 2005
- Hail, July 3, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2004
- Hail, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2003
- Hail, June 11, 2003
- Hail, June 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2003
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 16, 2002
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2001
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Hail, June 25, 2001
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2000
- Flash Flood, February 13, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 2000
- Hail, May 9, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 5, 1999
- Hail, April 3, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 21, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 27, 1998
- Tornado, April 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Tornado, January 7, 1998
- Hail, July 4, 1997
- Lightning, May 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 1, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Hail, June 17, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Hail, May 18, 1993
- Hail, May 20, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1988
- Hail, June 7, 1985
- Tornado, May 6, 1984
More
Tornadoes in Van Buren CountyEvery warning in Van Buren 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.