Tornado History Map

Grundy County, Tennessee tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Grundy County from 1952 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 Grundy County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Grundy County, Tennessee between 1952 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 9. The busiest month is April, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 26 March 1959. The most recent was on 5 April 2025.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 9injuries
  • 333per 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 Grundy County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0217%
F1 / EF1433%
F2 / EF2433%
F3 / EF3217%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Grundy County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1950s.1950s31970s11990s22000s12010s32020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1970s1
1990s2
2000s1
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Apr.Jan0Feb2Mar2Apr3May1Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr3
May1
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Grundy County

  • Deadliest: Tennessee tornado3 April 1974, F2, 1 death, 1 injury, 8.7 miles long
  • Strongest: Tennessee tornado26 March 1959, F3, 19.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Tennessee tornado6 November 2018, EF2, 29.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Tennessee tornado5 April 2025, EF1, 6.4 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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