Henry County

Every recorded tornado

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

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Nov 15, 2005Tornado$6.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down southwest of Paris and moved northeast skirting by the northern edge of Paris. Thirty homes were destroyed and several manufacturing plants were demolished. Over 100 homes were damaged.

2. Dec 10, 2021Tornado$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado crossed from Weakley County into Henry County. The tornado damaged or destroyed several homes near Cottage Grove. The tornado continued northeast toward Buchanan mostly uprooting and snapping trees. A few homes and mobile homes were damaged near Buchanan. As the tornado approached Kentucky Lake several mobile homes were significantly damaged. The tornado then crossed into Calloway County, Kentucky. Peak winds in Henry County were estimated at 150 mph.

3. May 4, 2003Tornado$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down southwest of Paris and moved northeast through the south side of the city. Five homes were destroyed and over 150 other homes were damaged. Three commercial building were destroyed and nineteen others including a school were damaged.

4. Apr 25, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Straight line winds produced widespread damage in Henry County. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down all across the county including in the city of Paris. Power poles were knocked down as well. Two mobile homes were damaged from fallen trees in Henry. One injury occurred as a result. Several homes sustained minor damage also from fallen trees.

5. Nov 26, 2001Tornado$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched downed southeast of Paris and moved northeast. Ten homes and buildings were completely destroyed and 46 others were damaged. Two persons were killed when their mobile home was destroyed by the tornado. Numerous trees were knocked down.

6. May 25, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$973,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Straight line winds caused damage to many houses and knocked down many trees and power lines in the Paris area. Some of the trees fell on homes causing additional damage. One home was destroyed and 34 homes suffered minor to major damage. One mobile had minor damage.

7. Mar 1, 1997Flood, Henry$900,000
   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. Oct 18, 2004Tornado$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down in the western part of Henry county and moved east. An outdoor sports facility and two mobile homes were destroyed. The Henry County Courthouse was damaged when a 350 foot tall tree fell on it. Nearly ninety homes and one factory were damaged. Many trees were knocked down with some of the trees falling on some homes. Two persons were injured when a tree fell on their pickup truck as they were driving.

9. Apr 19, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$685,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Straight line winds caused considerable damage across Henry County. Forty to fifty homes received minor to moderate damage while several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. One mobile home on Jones Bend Road was destroyed when a large tree fell across one of the bedrooms. Many trees and power lines were also knocked down.

10. Apr 28, 2021Tornado$600,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The first damage from the tornado was observed just west of Shady Grove Road, where large tree branches were broken. As the tornado crossed Buchanan Road, several homes suffered roof damage and a large storage shed was destroyed. The tornado uprooted trees and snapped tree trunks in this area. Further east, along Scarborough Lane, the tornado uprooted trees and removed the metal roof from an event venue. The tornado damaged several mobile homes just west of Log Cabin Road. Two of the mobile homes were rolled on their sides. The injury was reported in one of these mobile homes. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 79 and appeared to reach maximum intensity in the area of Sulphur Wells…

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

110°F2 times, most recently Jul 28, 1952

All-time low

−20°FJan 18, 1930

Warmest night

82°F2 times, most recently Jun 17, 2022

Coldest day

6°F2 times, most recently Dec 24, 2022

Wettest day

6.81 inMar 1, 1997

Snowiest day

10.6 inMar 22, 1968

Hottest year

2012mean 61.8°F

Coldest year

1968mean 56.0°F

Wettest year

199072.39 in

Driest year

194130.04 in

Snowiest season

43.3 in1977-78

Station Murray (USC00155694), 492 ft elevation, 20.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1926 to October 27, 2026; 98.4% 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 USC00155694.
• 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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