Thunderstorm Wind in Smith County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind in Smith County, Tennessee: 172 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,290 nationally and #49 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Smith County is the 2010s, when 82 of the county's 172 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Smith County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 64.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,290 for this hazard and #49 within Tennessee, putting it in the 59.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Smith County with 41 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Smith County, Tennessee?

172 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Smith County between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Smith County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Smith County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Smith County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.