Storm History: Wilson County, Tennessee
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wilson 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
- 1,023
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 81
- Damage
- $476 million
- Episodes
- 517
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 | 251 | 0 | 2 | $999,000 |
| Tornado | 235 | 3 | 77 | $430 million |
| Flash Flood | 210 | 1 | 1 | $40 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 179 | 0 | 1 | $4.8 million |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 27 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $138,000 |
| Winter Weather | 24 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 1 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2013
- Tornado, April 16, 1998
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, January 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2023
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 1996
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, January 17, 1999
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, October 18, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 2, 2020
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 27, 1971
- Tornado, May 7, 1984
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, April 16, 1998
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, March 5, 1955
- Tornado, January 22, 1957
- Tornado, March 17, 1965
- Tornado, April 7, 1972
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Hail, March 23, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, September 24, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Hail, July 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Hail, January 12, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 5, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 7, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 25, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, October 3, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2020
- Tornado, September 1, 2020
- Lightning, August 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2020
- Flood, June 29, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 25, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2020
- Tornado, March 2, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, December 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 25, 2019
- Hail, September 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 19, 2019
- Hail, April 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2019
- Tornado, February 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 31, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flood, July 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Hail, June 16, 2018
- Hail, June 11, 2018
- Flood, June 10, 2018
- Hail, May 31, 2018
- Hail, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Flood, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2017
- Tornado, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, November 6, 2017
- Hail, July 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2017
- Flood, July 3, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2017
- Tornado, March 9, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2016
- Hail, December 17, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Flood, August 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2016
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2015
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Tornado, July 2, 2015
- Flood, May 31, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2015
- Tornado, April 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2015
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Tornado, October 10, 2014
- Hail, October 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2014
- Flood, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2014
- Hail, May 14, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2013
- Lightning, July 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Hail, June 10, 2013
- Hail, May 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, October 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Hail, August 13, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Flood, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2012
- Drought, July 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 26, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Hail, October 18, 2011
- Flood, June 28, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Hail, April 15, 2011
- Hail, April 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wilson CountyEvery warning in Wilson 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.