Thunderstorm Wind in Hawkins County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind in Hawkins County, Tennessee: 229 recorded events between 1967 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 86. That places the county #816 nationally and #31 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Hawkins County is the 2000s, when 88 of the county's 229 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 Hawkins County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 72.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #816 for this hazard and #31 within Tennessee, putting it in the 74.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Hawkins County with 58 recorded events, while Dec 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 Hawkins County, Tennessee?

229 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Hawkins County between 1967 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Hawkins County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Hawkins County measured 86.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Hawkins 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.