Trousdale County, Tennessee

What hazards hit Trousdale County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 75 since 1971. 40% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1971 fell in April and May. 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.

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 Trousdale County had?

NOAA records 14 tornadoes in Trousdale County from 1966 to 2023, the strongest rated EF2, with 2 deaths and 5 injuries recorded in the county. That is 1st of 95 Tennessee counties and 48th of 3,080 U.S. 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 14 tornadoes whose track touched Trousdale County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 14, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 26 people, 2 of them in Trousdale County.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Tennessee.

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 Trousdale County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the April 5, 2025 thunderstorm wind ($15,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across Hartsville. Damages are a rough estimate.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1235227)

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

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 Trousdale 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).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

40% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1971 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Trousdale County

FEMA's register lists 13 declarations that include Trousdale County: 8 major disasters, 5 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (5) and winter storm (2).

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 Trousdale County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 20 flood or flash flood records for Trousdale County from 1998 to 2025, on 20 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Trousdale County ranks 1976th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $273,000 on 26 claims filed in Trousdale County; the most in one year was 11 in 2010. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

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 Trousdale County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Trousdale County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $4.6 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.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Trousdale County

1. Wilson County 1,023
2. Sumner County 884
3. Smith County 360
4. Macon County 320
5. Trousdale County 178

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in TennesseeEvery Tennessee tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in TennesseeThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Tennessee recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Trousdale CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Trousdale County's FEMA declarations (CSV)13 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis