Montgomery County, Tennessee
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 47125 · population 220,041 · 539 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 659 records for Montgomery County, Tennessee from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 431 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (318 records). The deadliest single record is the December 9, 2023 tornado: 4 deaths, 62 injuries and $19.4 million in damage in 2025 dollars. FEMA has issued 22 declarations naming the county since 1975, 20 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storm” on February 6, 2026.
The record, 1950 to 2026
Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $100,000
- $100,000 or more
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more, or a death
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
- 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
- Storm records
- 659on 431 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 8107 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $222Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 36strongest F4
- FEMA declarations
- 22latest 2026
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.
What hazards hit Montgomery County most?
The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 318 since 1955. The rank column places the county among Tennessee's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 318 | 221 | 1955-2026 | 0 | 5 | $9.4M | 28 of 95 |
| Hail | 84 | 57 | 1981-2025 | 0 | 0 | $30K | 49 of 95 |
| Floods | 74 | 50 | 1996-2025 | 2 | 0 | $11M | 37 of 95 |
| Winter storms | 71 | 67 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 26 | $560K | 50 of 95 |
| Tornadoes | 36 | 26 | 1957-2026 | 6 | 76 | $182M | 18 of 95 |
| Drought | 31 | 31 | 2007-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 of 95 |
| High wind and dust storms | 14 | 12 | 2001-2023 | 0 | 0 | $18M | 39 of 95 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 10 | 8 | 1996-2021 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 of 95 |
| Heavy rain | 7 | 6 | 2013-2017 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 of 95 |
| Lightning | 7 | 6 | 2002-2022 | 0 | 0 | $1.0M | 31 of 95 |
| Heat | 6 | 6 | 2010-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 of 95 |
| Extreme cold | 1 | 1 | 2022-2022 | 0 | 0 | – | 62 of 95 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.
How many tornadoes has Montgomery County had?
NOAA records 36 tornadoes in Montgomery County from 1957 to 2026, the strongest rated F4, with 6 deaths and 76 injuries recorded in the county. That is 18th of 95 Tennessee counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.
Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 35 tornadoes whose track touched Montgomery County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 36: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 9 people, 6 of them in Montgomery County.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-09 13:41, as SPC files it | Guthrie to AuburnCrossed KY, TN | EF3 | 47.22 mi | 4 |
| 1970-04-27 14:00, as SPC files it | Coopertown to White House | F4 | 42.6 mi | 3 |
| 2002-11-10 01:00, as SPC files it | Adams | F1 | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| 2003-05-04 23:53, as SPC files it | Unnamed | F3 | 11.5 mi | 0 |
| 1999-01-22 04:15, as SPC files it | Clarksville | F3 | 4.3 mi | 0 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Tennessee.
Every tornado record filed for Montgomery County (36)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | Ringgold, Montgomery County | EF0 4.82 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $100K |
| 2025-05-20 | Excell, Montgomery County | EF0 3.2 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K |
| 2025-05-20 | Woodlawn, Montgomery County | EF0 9.34 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K |
| 2023-12-09 | Woodlawn, Montgomery County | EF3 11.3 mi x 600 yd | 4 | 62 | $19M |
| 2023-12-09 | Oakwood, Montgomery County | EF0 1.61 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $48K |
| 2019-06-19 | Mc Allisters Xrds, Montgomery County | EF0 1.25 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $17K |
| 2018-02-24 | St Bethlehem, Montgomery County | EF2 4.07 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 2 | $8.2M |
| 2018-02-24 | Dotsonville, Montgomery County | EF1 5.31 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | $1.2M |
| 2014-10-13 | Excell, Montgomery County | EF1 4.18 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $62K |
| 2008-05-02 | Cumberland Hgts, Montgomery County | EF1 0.29 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $137K |
| 2008-05-02 | Palmyra, Montgomery County | EF1 0.49 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 3 | $27K |
| 2008-05-02 | Shiloh, Montgomery County | EF1 0.2 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $27K |
| 2008-05-02 | Shiloh, Montgomery County | EF1 0.71 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $7K |
| 2006-09-23 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F0 0.2 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $59K |
| 2005-11-15 | Cunningham, Montgomery County | F0 0.1 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2005-11-15 | Cunningham, Montgomery County | F1 0.2 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $907K |
| 2005-11-15 | Shiloh, Montgomery County | F1 0.2 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $756K |
| 2005-11-15 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F2 1 mi x 400 yd | 0 | 0 | $756K |
| 2003-05-04 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F3 11.5 mi x 1,000 yd | 0 | 1 | $1.2M |
| 2002-11-10 | Port Royal, Montgomery County | F1 0.3 mi x 400 yd | 2 | 0 | $164K |
| 2002-11-10 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F0 0.1 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000-05-27 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F0 0.3 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-05-05 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F0 0.5 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-01-22 | Clarksville, Montgomery County | F3 4.3 mi x 880 yd | 0 | 5 | $129M |
| 1999-01-17 | Woodlawn, Montgomery County | F1 0.6 mi x 250 yd | 0 | 0 | $35K |
| 1998-04-16 | Port Royal, Montgomery County | F2 1.1 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $18K |
| 1998-04-03 | Hilltop, Montgomery County | F2 6.4 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $181K |
| 1997-06-17 | Ft Campbell, Montgomery County | F0 1 mi x 15 yd | 0 | 0 | $239K |
| 1985-08-30 | Montgomery County | F1 2 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $250 step |
| 1984-05-07 | Montgomery County | F1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1973-05-22 | Montgomery County | F1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1971-05-07 | Montgomery County | F0 0.1 mi x 7 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1970-07-03 | Montgomery County | F1 0.1 mi x 3 yd | 0 | 1 | $25K step |
| 1970-04-27 | Montgomery County | F4 3.3 mi x 250 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.5M step |
| 1961-04-25 | Montgomery County | F2 9.4 mi x 187 yd | 0 | 2 | $25K step |
| 1957-11-18 | Montgomery County | F1 0.1 mi x 7 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.
When was the last damaging storm in Montgomery County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the April 28, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($1,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-05-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-04-28 | Thunderstorm WindFredonia, Montgomery County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-04-16 | Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn, Montgomery County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $10K |
| 2026-04-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-03-15 | TornadoRinggold, Montgomery County | EF0 4.82 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $100K |
| 2026-03-15 | Thunderstorm WindClarksville Airport, Montgomery County | 61 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $25K |
| 2026-03-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-24 | Winter StormMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-20 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-10-01 | DroughtMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.
The deadliest and costliest records
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-09 | TornadoWoodlawn, Montgomery County This EF-3 tornado first touched down on Fort Campbell just north of the Sabre Airfield with mostly minor tree damage. It quickly intensified as it crossed Walnut Grove Road and destroyed a building next to a church. The tornado then continued northeast and damaged dozens of homes in a neighborhood along Garrettsburg ... | EF3 11.3 mi x 600 yd | 4 | 62 | $19M |
| 2002-11-10 | TornadoPort Royal, Montgomery County The husband, Dennis Tooby and his wife, Karen Tooby, were killed when their mobile home was blown off its foundation at the 3400 block of Port Royal Rd. Mr. Tooby was a Australian national and a welder. Mrs. Tooby taught first grade at Hazelwood Elementary School in Clarksville. Two mobile homes were lifted off their ... | F1 0.3 mi x 400 yd | 2 | 0 | $164K |
| 2010-05-01 | FloodFt Campbell, Montgomery County Flooding was reported along Salem Road. Flooding was also reported along Yellow Creek and East Fork Creek located southwest of Clarksville. Also, numerous homes, numerous businesses, numerous non comercial buildings, along with several county, state, and federal roads across the county received damage due to the ... | 1 | 0 | $2.6M | |
| 2002-09-27 | FloodClarksville, Montgomery County A 23 year-old-male ignored high water signs and barricades and attempted to drive through standing water of 8 to 10 feet at the intersection of Ashbury Road and Shanee Terrace. The vehicle was submerged under water, and he drowned. Scuba divers had to retrieve the body from the vehicle. | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2011-02-09 | Heavy SnowMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery Three inches of total snowfall accumulation occurred across the county. A newspaper also reported that the Clarksville Police reported 94 wrecks occurred between 1 pm and 6:45 pm on Wednesday, February 9th, including 13 accidents with injuries. Total amount of individuals injuried and the extent of individual ... | 0 | 13 | – | |
| 2004-12-22 | Winter StormMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery A mix of snow and ice, caused by snow, sleet and freezing rain, accumulated around 1 to 2 inches with the most, 3 inches across Houston County. In Humphreys County, a portion of Interstate 40 was closed across the Tennessee River bridge for a while due to icy conditions. A tractor-trailer truck was stuck on U.S. ... | 0 | 6 | – | |
| 2010-12-12 | Winter WeatherMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery Two inches of total snowfall accumulation was reported in Port Royal. A newspaper also reported that 70 automobile wrecks occurred in Montgomery County, of which five resulted in any injury of note, according to county 911 reports. Details concerning the type and amount of damage to individual and, as a group, all the ... | 0 | 5 | – | |
| 1999-01-22 | TornadoClarksville, Montgomery County An F3 tornado struck Clarksville at 415 AM, travelled through the downtown area and dissipated near St. Bethlehem. There were 5 injuries, 2 of them were for broken bones. Clarksville has a population of 89,000 people is Tennessee's fifth largest city. 25,000 people were without power. The Tornado Warning was issued by ... | F3 4.3 mi x 880 yd | 0 | 5 | $129M |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-22 | TornadoClarksville, Montgomery County | F3 4.3 mi x 880 yd | 0 | 5 | $129M |
| 2023-12-09 | TornadoWoodlawn, Montgomery County | EF3 11.3 mi x 600 yd | 4 | 62 | $19M |
| 2023-03-03 | High WindMontgomery County · forecast zone Montgomery | 69 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $17M |
| 2018-02-24 | TornadoSt Bethlehem, Montgomery County | EF2 4.07 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 2 | $8.2M |
| 2019-10-26 | Thunderstorm WindShiloh, Montgomery County | 78 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $4.7M |
| 2010-05-01 | FloodFt Campbell, Montgomery County | 1 | 0 | $2.6M | |
| 2013-04-27 | Flash FloodOakwood, Montgomery County | 0 | 0 | $1.3M | |
| 2018-02-24 | TornadoDotsonville, Montgomery County | EF1 5.31 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | $1.2M |
Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $2.5M, in the dollars of the day) holds: April 27, 1970 (tornado, Montgomery County).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.
Is it getting more frequent?
Records per decade for Montgomery County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 80 | 110 | 48 |
| Hail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 20 | 15 | 14 | 25 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 44 z | 14 |
| Tornadoes | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
Winter storms in the 2010s: 44 records against 9 in the decade before, 44 of them forecast-zone records. Cells marked z rose mostly through zone records. The local National Weather Service office files these once per forecast zone, so a change in how it draws its zones or splits a storm into records moves this count as much as the weather does; read it beside the Montgomery County days with a record above.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
Records by month in Montgomery County. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 53 · Feb 57 · Mar 60 · Apr 74 · May 100 · Jun 78 · Jul 94 · Aug 43 · Sep 22 · Oct 21 · Nov 29 · Dec 28 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Montgomery County
FEMA's register lists 22 declarations that include Montgomery County: 18 major disasters, 4 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (14) and winter storm (2).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | DR-4898 | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2026-01-24 | EM-3635 | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2025-06-19 | DR-4878 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2025-04-02 | EM-3625 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2024-06-17 | DR-4792 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2023-12-13 | DR-4751 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Tornadoes |
| 2023-05-17 | DR-4712 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornado |
| 2020-04-02 | DR-4514 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3473 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2019-12-06 | DR-4471 | Severe Storm | Severe Storm and Straight-Line Winds |
| 2011-05-09 | DR-1979 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2011-05-01 | DR-1974 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Associated Flooding |
| 2010-05-04 | DR-1909 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes |
| 2009-02-17 | DR-1821 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm and Flooding |
| 2008-02-07 | DR-1745 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2005-09-05 | EM-3217 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| 2003-05-08 | DR-1464 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2002-11-13 | DR-1441 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Tornados |
| 1999-01-19 | DR-1262 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds |
| 1997-03-07 | DR-1167 | Tornado | Heavy Rains, Tornadoes, Flooding, Hail, High Winds |
| 1994-02-28 | DR-1010 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Ice Storm,Flash Flooding |
| 1975-03-22 | DR-459 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.
How many floods has Montgomery County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 74 flood or flash flood records for Montgomery County from 1996 to 2025, on 50 days, with 2 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Montgomery County ranks 719th of 2,942 U.S. counties.
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $11.0 million on 313 claims filed in Montgomery County; the most in one year was 117 in 2010. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1978: 6 · 1979: 8 · 1981: 4 · 1982: 1 · 1983: 4 · 1984: 12 · 1990: 2 · 1996: 2 · 1997: 3 · 1998: 3 · 2001: 4 · 2002: 3 · 2003: 1 · 2005: 1 · 2007: 1 · 2009: 18 · 2010: 117 · 2011: 15 · 2012: 4 · 2013: 15 · 2014: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2016: 14 · 2017: 7 · 2018: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2025: 43; the other years: 0.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Montgomery County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Montgomery County Relatively Moderate overall, with an expected annual loss of $77.8 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Wave | Relatively High | $12M | 1.3 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Relatively High | $9.6M | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Ice Storm | Relatively High | $1.3M | about once a year (modeled) |
| Lightning | Relatively High | $1.5M | 57 a year (modeled) |
| Strong Wind | Relatively High | $2.1M | 5.4 a year (modeled) |
| Earthquake | Relatively Moderate | $18M | once in about 183 years (modeled) |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | $1.6M | 3.2 a year (modeled) |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Moderate | $29M | 1.6 a year (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
Next
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- Download Montgomery County's FEMA declarations (CSV)22 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis