Hardeman County

Every recorded tornado

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

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.

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

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 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. Apr 3, 2025Tornado$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This large tornado caused widespread damage across Grand Junction, including rail cars being blown off the tracks, downed trees, and roofs of homes. Along Highway 57, large sections of roofs were blown off. This tornado then continued northeast through a heavily wooded area in Hardeman County before causing more damage along West Fork Road, north of Saulsbury. High-resolution satellite imagery tracked a sporadic tree damage path across remote areas between West Road and Sain Road, with a more defined track picking up at Lake Hardeman Road and Maxwell Road. Additional damage was found to the east-northeast, with the tornado crossing Highway 125 and causing significant damage to a…

2. May 2, 2010Flash Flood$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very heavy rain fell across Hardeman County producing widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads and bridges were flooded or washed out. Around 60 roads were damaged as a result. The flash flooding transitioned to flooding as the heavy rain caused rivers to rapidly rise and overflow their banks.

3. Jan 17, 1999Tornado$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado started in extreme southeast Fayette county and moved northeast. Fourteen homes including several mobile homes were destroyed and another 27 homes were damaged near Saulsbury. More than thirty power poles were knocked down.

4. May 2, 2010Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado crossed into Hardeman County from Tippah County, Mississippi. The tornado tracked northeast hitting Pocahontas before moving into McNairy County. One fatality occurred in Pocahontas when a single wide trailer was destroyed. Two injuries also occurred. In total, one home was completely destroyed. Thirteen homes sustained major damage with another five receiving very minor damage. Two mobile homes were destroyed with another two receiving minor damage. Numerous trees were snapped and debarked in the area. In addition, power lines were knocked down as well.

5. Mar 31, 2023Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down near Grand Junction in southwest Hardeman County, TN on Westfork Road around 855 PM CDT Friday evening, March 31, 2023. This tornado produced an EF-1 swath of tree damage as it traveled to the northeast, uprooting and snapping the trunks of several large trees along Van Buren Road. The damage swath broadened out quite a bit as it reached Evergreen Road, causing more widespread and significant tree damage to Saulsbury Road and Roger Springs Road where EF-2 tree damage was noted. This tree damage continued for another few miles to the northeast where significant roof damage occurred to a one-family residence on Callahan Road. EF-1 damage was observed for…

6. Dec 23, 2015Tornado$227,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado crossed from Tippah County into Hardeman County. As it crossed over the state line it destroyed a large metal agricultural building. A couple of houses and businesses were also damaged. The tornado then moved into McNairy County.

7. Mar 1, 1997Flood, Hardeman$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Excessive rainfall during the first few days of March along with rivers that were already high caused prolonged flooding along the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers as well as their tributaries. Along the Mississippi, the river reached levels that had not been seen since 1937. Numerous roads were closed for days. In several counties people had to be evacuated from homes including 400 persons in the town of Rives in Obion county. In Madison county, two persons were killed when their car was swept off a flooded road. One person was killed in Shelby county when his car went over a flooded bridge. One man was also killed in Obion county when he fell out of a boat helping people out of…

8. May 1, 2010Flash Flood$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Whiteville area. Numerous roads were flooded as a result. Some of the roads were damaged as a result of being washed out. A few culverts were washed out as well.

9. Apr 2, 2025Tornado$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   In Hardeman County, the tornado moved through an inaccessible forested area south of Kennedy Road. Observed damage returned along Nubbin Ridge Road and Gentry Chapel Road, where numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. More trees were downed as the tornado crossed Highway 125 near Winwood Farms Loop and along Neely Road, where a home sustained minor roof damage and a small barn suffered a major loss of roof panels. The last damage was observed on Neely Road just south of Highway 57. Peak winds were estimated at 90-100 mph in Hardeman County.

10. May 30, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Several homes had roof damage. Some trees were blown down with a few falling on houses. One house was severely damaged when a large tree fell on it.

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

109°F3 times, most recently Aug 7, 1934

All-time low

−18°FFeb 2, 1951

Warmest night

87°FAug 13, 1895

Coldest day

0°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

8.35 inJan 20, 1935

Snowiest day

16.0 inFeb 11, 1910

Hottest year

1998mean 63.0°F

Coldest year

2014mean 57.0°F

Wettest year

195077.32 in

Driest year

194131.57 in

Snowiest season

19.1 in1950-51

Station Bolivar Wtr Wks (USC00400876), 424 ft elevation, 3.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1894 to October 23, 2026; 98.1% 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 USC00400876.
• 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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