Polk County, Tennessee
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1966 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
14
Tornado reports
46
Hail reports
11
Floods since 1996
276
All events
4
Deaths
$10.2M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Polk County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 14 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
The tornado formed south of Ocoee with several large trees snapped. It strengthened to an EF-2 and moved north northeast and collapsed a cell phone tower. It quickly increased to an EF-3 and heavily damaged a post office. Several more buildings were heavily damaged along with som…
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Law enforcement personnel reported a tree downed by thunderstorm wind on a mobile home 10 miles south of Benton in a the Old Fort Area on Ladd Springs Road.
Harrison Tornado - Segment #3. The Harrison Tornado struggled as it crossed the Hiwassee River from Bradley County as an EF0. It remained an EF0 for about the next 6 miles as it only downed a few sporatic trees and larger limbs. The tornado started to intensify again near Dentvil…
Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.
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Large tree blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts along Greasy Creek Rd.
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Large tree blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts along Highway 30.
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Large tree blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts along Highway 68.
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Trained spotter passed along power outages in three locations, two clusters in Polk County, one in western Cherokee County. Power Outage website notes over 2000 customers without power in Polk, 1300 customers in Cherokee County. Damage to utility infrastructure from severe thunde…
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Several trees and powerlines were blown down by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Multiple trees were felled by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
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A few trees were blown down by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. Hail with an unknown size also fell during the storm.
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One large tree blown down along with several powerlines by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in Ocoee.
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Four to five trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds on Etowah Road in Benton.
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Multiple trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in Farner.
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Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Multiple trees in Benton were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Several trees were blown down by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts.
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A dozen large trees, all located in the same location on private property, were felled by severe straight line thunderstorm winds. Near to this location a separate tree fell and took out powerlines.
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Numerous trees and powerlines blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds across the county.
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Large tree felled onto a local road by severe thunderstorm winds.
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Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds across the county.
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A few trees were blown down by severe straight line winds.
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Trees were blown down and were blocking a roadway.
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Multiple trees were blown down by straight line winds.
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Numerous trees were blown down around the county.
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Trees were blown down in Benton.
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Several trees were blown down across the county.
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Multiple trees were blown down.
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Trees were blown down across the Parksville Campground area.
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Several trees were blown down.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Rockslide was blocking on lane of Highway 64 near Ducktown.
Hail Hail
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Several trees were reported down. Also hail up to penny size was reported.
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Several trees reported down.
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail reported on Burns Lane in Benton.
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Numerous trees were reported down across the county. The area around Reliance was hit especially hard. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar.
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Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
This tornado began in Bradley County near Tasso just to the southwest of the New Friendship Cemetery. After crossing Baker Bridge Road in northeast Bradley County it began to weaken with its path was less defined. The tornado crossed into Polk County approximately 2.9 miles north…
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Multiple trees were reported down.
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Multiple trees were reported down.
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Two trees were reported down near Benton.
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A few trees were reported down on Highway 64.
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Three trees were reported down on power lines at Highway 314 and main street.
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Two trees were reported down on highway 64.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 |
| 2011 | 17 | 2 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1 |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 17 | 0 |
| 2005 | 12 | 0 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 4 | 3 |
| 1973 | 2 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
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