Weakley County, Tennessee tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Weakley County from 1953 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 Weakley County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Weakley County, Tennessee between 1953 and 2025. They killed 6 people and injured 98. The busiest month is April, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 April 2006. The most recent was on 2 April 2025.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 6deaths
  • 98injuries
  • 517per 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 Weakley County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0620%
F1 / EF11343%
F2 / EF2827%
F3 / EF3310%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Weakley County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1950s41960s21970s51980s31990s32000s52010s32020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s2
1970s5
1980s3
1990s3
2000s5
2010s3
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Apr.Jan1Feb3Mar2Apr9May4Jun1Jul3Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov3Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb3
Mar2
Apr9
May4
Jun1
Jul3
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov3
Dec4

Records for Weakley County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Dyer, Tennessee tornado2 April 2006, F3, 6 deaths, 44 injuries, 31 miles long
  • Longest path: Tennessee tornado10 December 2021, EF3, 38 injuries, 122.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Tennessee tornado2 April 2025, EF1, 17.1 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Weakley County

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

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