Thunderstorm Wind in Lake County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind in Lake County, Tennessee: 54 recorded events between 1956 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,687 nationally and #94 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Lake County is the 2000s, when 18 of the county's 54 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 Lake County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 50.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,687 for this hazard and #94 within Tennessee, putting it in the 15.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Lake County with 16 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.

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

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

54 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Lake County between 1956 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Lake County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Lake County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Lake 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.