Marshall County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Marshall County: 3.
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.

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.

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. Apr 1, 2023Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 110 mph touched down about four miles northwest of Chapel Hill near Moss Road in northern Marshall County. Moving northeast, the tornado blew down several trees and caused minor to moderate damage to homes on Thick Road, Egypt Road, Smiley Road, and Blackwell Road. The tornado intensified as it continued northeast, blowing five train cars off a track along Highway 31A and heavily damaging homes on Beasley Road and Tennessee Central Road. The tornado then continued into Rutherford County. Damages are estimated for Marshall County.

2. Mar 3, 2023High Wind, Marshall$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 Marshall County. Damages are estimated.

3. May 8, 2024Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain across Marshall County caused flash flooding in the area. Beasley Road in Chapel Hill was closed due to being washed out. Two water rescues had to be performed with one at a residence and the other in a vehicle. Damages are a rough estimate.

4. May 9, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Along Experiment Farm Road, the University of Tennessee Farm Dairy Research and Education Center had damage from straight-line winds. One barn was partially destroyed, one barn had its roof ripped off, and another had heavy roof damage. A nearby home also had roof damage. Numerous trees and powerlines were also downed. Damages are a rough estimate.

5. May 5, 2003Flash Flood$324,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flash flooding occurred in Cornersville where some homes had as much as one and a half foot of water in them. Many roads were damaged by the flood waters. 3 school buses were stranded in the southern part of the county on gravel roads. Damage was estimated to be at $324,000.

6. May 2, 2009Flash Flood$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Old Highway 99 was flooded. Several homes in the area were being threatened by flood waters. Newspaper reported that Perry's Home Town Grocery on South Ellington Parkway received major water damage and water was standing at the ambulance station under construction in Chapel Hill due to flash flooding.

7. May 8, 2024Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This EF-3 tornado touched down along the Duck River east of Columbia and moved northeast causing tree damage and minor structure damage on Mount Olivet Road. Multiple homes received damage along Cothran Road and Cranford Hollow Road before the tornado moved north of Highway 412. More intense damage began to occur on Old Highway 99 and Blackburn Lane where large sections of roofs were removed and hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado reached its maximum strength along Blackburn Road and Lasea Road where large transmission power trusses were collapsed, a house was destroyed with only small interior walls still standing, and a mobile home was swept away. The tornado…

8. May 20, 2025Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-0 tornado touched down just west of Verona Caney Road in Cowden where it unrooted several trees and lifted a roof off of a barn. It continued northeast, crossed Big Rock Creek, and damaged the roof and some trees on a homestead. The tornado continued towards and crossed Wade Brown Road where it unrooted and snapped several more trees until it lifted north of Wade Brown Road. Damages are a rough estimate.

9. Feb 23, 2019Flash Flood$210,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Media reports indicated 10 to 15 roads across Marshall County were impassable, and another 15 to 20 roads were covered with high water or debris. Flood waters from Rock Creek and the Duck River were threatening several homes between Lewisburg and Chapel Hill.

10. Sep 22, 2009Lightning$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Lightning from a thunderstorm struck a utility pole at the end of a 83 year old man's driveway. The lightning's charge went to the man's house and started a fire, that destroyed most of the home, and also killed the man.

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

112°FJul 2, 2012

All-time low

−20°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°FJun 29, 1936

Coldest day

6°F2 times, most recently Feb 4, 1996

Wettest day

9.00 inMar 28, 1902

Snowiest day

12.5 inJan 1, 1964

Hottest year

1921mean 62.3°F

Coldest year

1976mean 55.1°F

Wettest year

198976.12 in

Driest year

201633.28 in

Snowiest season

17.0 in1944-45

Station Lewisburg Experiment Station (USC00405187), 787 ft elevation, 6.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1890 to October 19, 2026; 95.9% 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 USC00405187.
• 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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