Tornado History Map

Decatur County, Tennessee tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Decatur County from 1984 to 2021, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Decatur County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Decatur County, Tennessee between 1984 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 24 February 2011. The most recent was on 11 December 2021.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 300per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Decatur County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0330%
F1 / EF1660%
F2 / EF2110%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Decatur County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1980s12000s22010s52020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1980s1
2000s2
2010s5
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar2Apr1May4Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr1
May4
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Decatur County

  • Strongest: Tennessee tornado24 February 2011, EF2, 12.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Tennessee tornado24 April 2010, EF1, 25.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Tennessee tornado11 December 2021, EF1, 9.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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