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Tennessee Tornado Stats

Interactive Tennessee Tornado Totals by County Map (1950-2023)
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Tennessee Tornado Totals by Year

Year

TN Total Tornadoes

West TN

Middle TN

East TN

2024

1

0

1

2023

40*

11*

21*

9

2022

5

4

1

0

2021

66*

18*

46*

3

2020

35*

9*

21*

6

2019

20

6

11

3

2018

25

6

17

2

2017

34

10

23

1

2016

11

4

3

2015

19

4

14

1

2014

24

3

10

5

2013

47

3

36

3

2012

26

2

14

10

2011

106

6

38

62

2010

33

10

13

10

2009

46

7

24

15

2008

43

16

26

1

2007

9

0

6

3

2006

25

11

14

0

2005

20

7

13

0

2004

16

5

8

3

2003

50

21

27

2

2002

26

8

11

7

2001

14

4

9

1

2000

23

3

17

3

1999

23

11

12

0

1998

35

5

26

4

1997

27

6

15

6

1996

14

3

9

2

1995

35

9

18

8

1994

27

16

6

5

1993

10

1

3

6

1992

8

3

5

0

1991

14

7

0

1990

8

6

1

1989

13

10

1

2

1988

10

8

2

0

1987

1

0

1986

5

1

2

1985

9

2

6

1

1984

31

9

20

2

1983

6

1

2

3

1982

7

4

2

1

1981

8

4

3

1

1980

17

2

8

7

1979

6

4

2

0

1978

9

7

2

0

1977

14

4

3

7

1976

9

4

3

2

1975

14

7

4

3

1974

42

1

24

17

1973

21

10

9

2

1972

11

4

6

1

1971

20

11

9

0

1970

17

12

5

0

1969

2

1

0

1968

12

6

0

1967

13

10

1

2

1966

6

1

5

0

1965

12

1

7

4

1964

7

4

2

1

1963

12

1

7

4

1962

1

0

1961

3

1

2

0

1960

2

0

2

0

1959

3

2

1

0

1958

2

1

0

1957

18

9

8

1

1956

9

2

7

0

1955

14

1

9

4

1954

2

0

1953

14

11

1

2

1952

16

7

8

1

1951

2

0

2

0

1950

3

2

1

0

* 1 tornado crossed from West into Middle Tennessee and is counted in both regions, but not in state total

AVERAGE TORNADOES 1995-2023

31 per year

7 per year

17 per year

6 per year

AVERAGE TORNADOES 1950-2023

19 per year

6 per year

10 per year

3 per year

TOTAL TORNADOES 1950-2023

*1388 tornadoes

*414 tornadoes

*710 tornadoes

255 tornadoes

Tennessee Tornado Deaths
Year	TN Total Tornado Deaths	West TN	Middle TN	East TN
2024	0	0	0	0
2023	17	10	7	0
2022	0	0	0	0
2021	4	4	0	0
2020	27	1	24	2
2019	0	0	0	0
2018	1	0	1	0
2017	0	0	0	0
2016	2	0	0	2
2015	2	0	2	0
2014	2	0	2	0
2013	0	0	0	0
2012	3	0	3	0
2011	32	0	1	31
2010	0	0	0	0
2009	2	0	2	0
2008	28	6	22	0
2007	0	0	0	0
2006	34	24	10	0
2005	0	0	0	0
2004	1	0	1	0
2003	12	11	1	0
2002	17	2	8	7
2001	3	2	1	0
2000	1	0	1	0
1999	12	9	3	0
1998	7	2	4	1
1997	2	1	1	0
1996	0	0	0	0
1995	3	0	3	0
1994	5	4	0	1
1993	1	0	0	1
1992	1	1	0	0
1991	5	4	1	0
1990	0	0	0	0
1989	1	0	1	0
1988	6	5	1	0
1987	0	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0	0
1984	1	1	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0
1979	2	0	2	0
1978	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0
1975	3	2	1	0
1974	46	1	38	7
1973	1	0	1	0
1972	0	0	0	0
1971	6	3	3	0
1970	3	0	3	0
1969	0	0	0	0
1968	4	4	0	0
1967	2	1	0	1
1966	0	0	0	0
1965	1	0	1	0
1964	0	0	0	0
1963	4	3	0	1
1962	0	0	0	0
1961	0	0	0	0
1960	0	0	0	0
1959	0	0	0	0
1958	0	0	0	0
1957	0	0	0	0
1956	3	3	0	0
1955	0	0	0	0
1954	0	0	0	0
1953	4	0	0	4
1952	78	72	6	0
1951	0	0	0	0
1950	9	9	0	0

AVERAGE TORNADO DEATHS 1950-2023	5 per year	3 per year	2 per year	1 per year
TOTAL TORNADO DEATHS 1950-2023	398	*185*	155	58

Largest Tornado Outbreaks in Middle Tennessee
Rank	Date	# of Tornadoes	Max F/EF Rating	# of Max Rated Tornadoes	Deaths
1	April 3, 1974	24	F4	5	38
2	January 30, 2013	24	EF2	3	0
3	April 27, 2011	23	EF3	2	0
4	May 6-7, 1984	18	F2	3	0
5	December 10-11, 2021	16	EF2	4	0
6	May 18, 1995	15	F4	1	3
7	May 4, 2021	14	EF0	14	0
8	February 5-6, 2008	14	EF3	1	22
9	May 4-5, 2003	14	F3	1	0
10	November 15, 2005	13	F2	4	0
11	April 16, 1998	13	F5	1	4

Deadliest Tornado Outbreaks in Middle Tennessee
Rank	Date	Deaths	# of Deadly Tornadoes
1	April 29, 1909	62	6
2	November 20, 1900	41	3
3	April 3, 1974	38	8
4	May 9-10, 1933	37	2
5	March 18, 1925	34	3
6	March 2-3, 2020	25	3
7	February 5-6, 2008	22	1
8	March 14, 1933	15	2
9	March 21, 1932	12	4
10	April 5, 1936	11	3

Deadliest Individual Tornadoes in Middle Tennessee
Rank	Date	Counties	F/EF Rating	Deaths
1	May 10, 1933	Overton/Pickett	F4	35
2	April 29, 1909	Giles/Lincoln	F4	31
3	March 18, 1925	Sumner/Macon TN & Allen/Barren/Metcalfe KY	F4	29 TN / 12 KY
4	November 20, 1900	Maury	F4	27
5	February 5-6, 2008	Sumner/Trousdale/Macon TN & Monroe/Cumberland KY	EF3	22
6	March 3, 2020	Putnam	EF4	19
7	April 29, 1909	Hickman/Maury/Williamson	F3	17
8	November 20, 1900	Williamson/Davidson/Rutherford	F3	12
9	March 14, 1933	Davidson	F3	11
10	April 3, 1974	White/Putnam/Overton	F4	10
11	April 18, 1877	Lewis/Maury/Williamson/Davidson/Rutherford	F4	10

Winter (DJF) ENSO Status vs. Deadliest Tornado Outbreaks in Middle Tennessee
Rank	Date	Deaths	Winter DJF ENSO Status per data from ESRL
1	April 29, 1909	62	La Niña
2	April 3, 1974	38	La Niña
3	May 9-10, 1933	37	Neutral
4	November 20, 1900	36	El Niño
5	March 18, 1925	34	La Niña
6	March 2-3, 2020	25	Neutral
7	February 5-6, 2008	22	La Niña
8	March 14, 1933	15	Neutral
9	March 21, 1932	12	La Niña
10	April 5, 1936	11	Neutral