Warren County, Tennessee tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Warren County from 1950 to 2020, 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 Warren County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Warren County, Tennessee between 1950 and 2020. They killed 4 people and injured 5. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 March 1961. The most recent was on 28 August 2020.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 4deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 532per 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 Warren County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0417%
F1 / EF11357%
F2 / EF2522%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Warren County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s41960s31970s31980s11990s12000s72010s22020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s3
1970s3
1980s1
1990s1
2000s7
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan2Feb2Mar6Apr7May2Jun1Jul1Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar6
Apr7
May2
Jun1
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Warren County

  • Deadliest: Tennessee tornado7 April 2006, F1, 2 deaths, 11 miles long
  • Strongest: Tennessee tornado13 March 1961, F3, 9.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Tennessee tornado12 March 1975, F1, 20.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Tennessee tornado28 August 2020, EF0, 1.5 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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