Tornado History Map

Dickson County, Tennessee tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Dickson County from 1974 to 2025, 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 Dickson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Dickson County, Tennessee between 1974 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 7 April 2006. The most recent was on 5 April 2025.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 12injuries
  • 469per 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 Dickson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0939%
F1 / EF1730%
F2 / EF2522%
F3 / EF329%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Dickson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2020s.1970s21980s21990s22000s52010s52020s7

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s2
1980s2
1990s2
2000s5
2010s5
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan1Feb2Mar2Apr7May2Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov3Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb2
Mar2
Apr7
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov3
Dec5

Records for Dickson County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Tennessee tornado7 April 2006, F3, 18.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Tennessee tornado5 April 2025, EF0, 0.4 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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