County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Tennessee in 1978 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 43 storm events on record for Tennessee in 1978.

FEMA has no disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1978.

OpenFEMA has 173 NFIP claims with a 1978 year of loss. The NFIP paid $377,499 on these claims.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1978 by hazard

Storm events on record for Tennessee in 1978, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1978
Hail12
Tornado9
Wind22
All storm events43

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1978

Counties of Tennessee with a storm event on record in 1978, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1978
Bedford County1
Benton County1
Blount County1
Carroll County2
Clay County1
Cocke County1
Coffee County1
Davidson County1
DeKalb County1
Dyer County1
Gibson County2
Hamblen County1
Hardin County1
Lake County1
Lauderdale County2
Lawrence County1
Madison County3
Marshall County1
Montgomery County1
Pickett County1
Polk County1
Putnam County2
Roane County1
Robertson County1
Rutherford County1
Scott County1
Shelby County6
Smith County1
Tipton County2
White County1
Williamson County1

Events of 1978 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1978 in Tennessee with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
HardinTornadoF1$250 thousand00County
TiptonTornadoF1$250 thousand00County
LakeTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
DyerTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
WhiteTornadoF1$250 thousand00County
MarshallTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
ShelbyTornadoF2$2.5 million026County
TiptonTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
LauderdaleTornadoF1$250 thousand01County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1978

FEMA has no disaster declaration for Tennessee with a date in 1978.

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Tennessee