Tornado History Map

Hardin County, Tennessee tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Hardin County from 1954 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 Hardin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Hardin County, Tennessee between 1954 and 2025. They killed 24 people and injured 184. The busiest month is March, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F5 on 16 April 1998. The most recent was on 3 April 2025.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 24deaths
  • 184injuries
  • 381per 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 Hardin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0627%
F1 / EF1418%
F2 / EF2523%
F3 / EF3418%
F4 / EF429%
F5 / EF515%
Unknown rating00%

Hardin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1950s31960s11970s31990s32000s22010s62020s4

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
1960s1
1970s3
1990s3
2000s2
2010s6
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Mar.Jan2Feb2Mar7Apr6May2Jun0Jul1Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar7
Apr6
May2
Jun0
Jul1
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Hardin County

Notable tornadoes in Hardin 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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