Fentress County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Fentress County: 7.
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.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

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.

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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NASA (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Feb 20, 2015Winter Storm, Fentress$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Snow and sleet accumulations up to 1.5 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations ranging from 0.75 in northwestern parts of Fentress County up to 1 in southeastern areas from the evening on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. Emergency management reported hundreds of trees, power lines and power poles knocked down throughout the county with many roadways blocked. Power was out to 95% of the county in the first few days after the ice storm, with some areas without power for 2 weeks. Cleanup efforts from the ice storm took several months and lasted into May 2015. Fentress County was declared a Presidential…

2. Aug 18, 2010Flood$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   South Main Street was covered in about a foot of water near York High School. A tree was also reported down on State Highway 52 West.||Newspapers reported that considerable flooding occurred in some areas of the county, causing considerable damage to several roads, including the complete washout of West Cave Road, State Highway 154, at the intersection at the intersection of State Highway 52 west of Jamestown. The heavy rainfall was also responsible for washing out a water line on Glenobey Road.||All this damage was the result of more than 5 inches of rain falling in less than 4 hours in some parts of the county.

3. Feb 14, 2021Winter Storm, Fentress$2.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing rain brought ice accumulations up to 1/2 inch across Fentress County, especially northern parts of the 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 2.26 million dollars.

4. Feb 6, 2025Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado touched down northwest of Clarkrange along Baldwin Gulf Road in Fentress County where it caused roofing damage to a residence. The tornado traveled east-southeast and crossed Lowe Point Road, Old Bean Shed Road, and S York Highway, snapping trees along its path. The tornado continued its east-southeast track towards the Fentress and Morgan County border, and once it crossed Ernest Hall Road, it destroyed a chicken barn. The tornado then crossed into Morgan County at Brodio Road. Damage found in Fentress County was rated EF-1 tornado damage with maximum estimated winds of 95 mph, but the tornado strengthened to EF-2 after crossing into Morgan County. Damages are a rough estimate.

5. Mar 3, 2023High Wind, Fentress$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds resulted in numerous damage reports, including downed and uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and roof and other property damage across all of Fentress County. Damages are estimated.

6. Jun 11, 2023Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This EF-1 tornado touched down south of the Jamestown Municipal Airport near Highway 127 and traveled over 11 miles toward the east-northeast before lifting near Charley Hull Loop Road. The tornado uprooted and snapped hundreds of trees along the path. Over a dozen outbuildings and barns were completely destroyed, and several houses sustained roof and window damage. Local residents captured the tornado on video. High resolution satellite imagery was very helpful in determining the path of this tornado. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Damages are a rough estimate.

7. Mar 4, 2025High Wind, Fentress$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very strong non-thunderstorm winds across Fentress County caused numerous downed trees across the area. Two homes in Clarkrange had trees fall on them, and one mobile home in Allardt also had a tree fall on it. No injuries were reported. Damages are a rough estimate.

8. Jun 18, 2009Lightning$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning strike destroyed an Oil Tank. One of the tanks exploded and flew 300 feet from its original location. Newspaper reported that this one tank broke off a crossmember of a utility pole and severed power and utility lines before coming to rest across the road from its original position. There was only a small amount of oil in the bottom of the tanks, which helped keep a fire that had also broken out due to the lightning strike from spreading to three other tanks in the same area.

9. Mar 16, 1996Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A thunderstorm in Fentress County produced hail and a tornado. The Roof at Allardt Elementary School was damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

10. Jun 11, 2023Tornado$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    This low end EF-1 tornado touched down west of the intersection of Bicknell Road and Leamon Hall Road and traveled toward the east-northeast before lifting west of Larue Lane. Dozens of trees were uprooted and snapped, causing damage to two homes and a few outbuildings. High resolution satellite imagery was very helpful in determining the path of this tornado. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Damages are a rough estimate.

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

102°FJun 29, 2012

All-time low

−21°F2 times, most recently Jan 21, 1985

Warmest night

77°F3 times, most recently Aug 11, 2010

Coldest day

5°F3 times, most recently Dec 22, 1989

Wettest day

6.29 inMay 27, 1973

Snowiest day

18.0 inMar 13, 1993

Hottest year

2012mean 58.4°F

Coldest year

1958mean 53.0°F

Wettest year

202075.32 in

Driest year

196838.49 in

Snowiest season

60.8 in1959-60

Station Crossville Mem Airport (USW00003847), 1,865 ft elevation, 29.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1954 to October 26, 2026; 99.7% 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 USW00003847.
• 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.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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