Coffee County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Coffee County: 2.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 24, 2001Tornado$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Roof and one wall to a factory was blown off at Manchester Industrial Park. There was structural damage to other buildings in the Joint Industrial Park. Also, several trees were down. One estimate for damage from the combination of straight line winds and the tornadoes, which extended from the commercial vehicle weigh station at I-24 to the Manchester Industrial Park, continuing to Old Airport Road and the Ashbury community, were in the several millions of dollars.

2. Feb 14, 2021Winter Storm, Coffee$1.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing rain brought ice accumulations up to 1/2 inch across Coffee County, resulting in dozens of downed trees, power lines, and power poles. Some trees, power lines, and power poles fell onto homes and blocked numerous roads. Damage estimates from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reached 1.12 million dollars.

3. Oct 18, 2011Hail$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hail ranging from quarter to baseball size damaged numerous cars, homes, businesses, and schools in and around Tullahoma. The majority of the hail was quarter to golfball size, but some hailstones were reportedly up to baseball size. Videos showed the hail fell for around five minutes.

4. Feb 20, 2015Winter Storm, Coffee$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Snow and sleet accumulations up to 0.5 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations up to 0.50 from the evening on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. A CoCoRaHS observer 2.4 miles NNW of Manchester measured 0.5 of snow and sleet. Several trees and power lines were knocked down, with some blocking roadways. Coffee County Emergency Management reported $500,000 in cleanup costs across the county. Coffee County was declared a Presidential disaster area on April 2, 2015.

5. Nov 29, 2016Tornado$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-1 tornado touched down just inside the Coffee County line west of Tullahoma. This tornado tracked through the northside of Tullahoma crossing over State Route 16/Jackson Street damaging several businesses with mostly roof damage observed. The tornado then moved across the Lakewood Golf and Country Club and Lake Tullahoma Estates neighborhoods where several hundred trees were uprooted and snapped. Almost all of the structural damage in these neighborhoods were due to downed trees. One person sustained a minor injury when a tree fell on their car. Once the tornado crossed the lake, it lifted just before Cherry Springs Road.

6. Aug 24, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$556,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Spotter reported roof debris along I-24 at exit #114. Report was verified by sheriff dispatcher. Newspaper articles said major roof damage was done to several hotels with about $550,000 worth of damage. The article stated that damage occurred to the roofs of the Days Inn, Ramada Inn, the Super 8 Motel, and Huddle House. 85 percent of the roof was gone from these businesses. Several vehicles were damaged in nearby parking lots. The Days Inn and Ramada Inn hotels were right off the I-24 exit. ||More than 50 people were displaced at the hotels. The displaced people were moved to nearby hotels. ||Also, a large tree was blown down in Manchester in front of the courthouse. Trees and…

7. Aug 6, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong thunderstorm winds tore away half of the gymnasium roof at the Coffee County Middle School in Manchester. Rains from the thunderstorms left pools of water on the gym floor. The old foam roof was found to be less than the 2 inches thick the contract had called for, and is no longer under warranty.

8. Apr 20, 1996Lightning$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A direct lightning hit destroyed 2 huge 161 kV transformers in Tullahoma. Estimate by the power compnay to rebuild them will be 1/2 million dollars.

9. Apr 20, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several homes and mobile homes were damaged from straight line winds. Many trees and power lines were down. The hardest hit area in the county was 4.7 miles northwest of Manchester or in the Boyton Valley region. The Boyton Valley Baptist Church had major damage. There was also some damage in the Summitville and Normandy area. One woman was injured by a falling tree limb at the Coffee County Flea Market on Highway 55. There was about 1/2 million dollars worth of damage in Coffee county.

10. Feb 23, 2019Flash Flood$330,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Media reports and local law enforcement reported 34 roads were flooded and closed across Coffee County, including Skinner Flat Road, Estern lane, and Scott Swinney Drive in Manchester. A water rescue was conducted in the 1500 block of Hillsboro Viola Road, and another water rescue of a family was conducted in Hillsboro.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

106°FJul 28, 1952

All-time low

−22°FFeb 14, 1905

Warmest night

82°FSep 13, 1989

Coldest day

8°FFeb 12, 1899

Wettest day

8.25 inJul 3, 1936

Snowiest day

10.0 in2 times, most recently Dec 23, 1963

Hottest year

1927mean 61.7°F

Coldest year

1917mean 54.5°F

Wettest year

197376.79 in

Driest year

200733.89 in

Snowiest season

26.0 in1967-68

Station Tullahoma (USC00409155), 1,022 ft elevation, 8.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1895 to October 20, 2026; 99.2% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00409155.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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