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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eagleville, TN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

4 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Eagleville, Tennessee since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Frederic in 1979. Since 1950, 103 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
4

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
103

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

12 deaths in all

What the records show for Eagleville

None of the 4 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Eagleville; the strongest was Frederic in 1979, a tropical storm with 45 mph winds when its centre passed 15 miles away. The record near Eagleville begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Frederic in 1979. None of the 4 systems has come since 2000. Of the 339 Tennessee cities on this site, 81% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Eagleville. The strongest of the 103 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 16, 1998; its path came within 19 miles, and it killed 3 people. Of the 103, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 62 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 26. The most recent tornado was on June 6, 2025. Eagleville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 73% of the 339 Tennessee cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 50 times since 1973, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 339 Tennessee cities, 53% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Eagleville.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Eagleville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Eagleville, Tennessee, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1979FredericSep 1415 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
1957AudreyJun 2823 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1915Unnamed 1915 stormOct 132 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1892Unnamed 1892 stormSep 1336 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Eagleville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Eagleville

By decade

  • 2020s14(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s24
  • 2000s24(4 EF3+)
  • 1990s13(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Eagleville, Tennessee
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 16, 1998F519 mi69.4 mi3 / 36
Apr 10, 2009EF45 mi23.25 mi2 / 58
Dec 24, 1988F419 mi6 mi1 / 7
Jan 24, 1997F49 mi6.5 mi0 / 18
May 8, 2024EF311 mi11.53 mi1 / 12
May 11, 2003F320 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 11, 2003F323 mi1 mi0 / 1
Apr 28, 2002F315 mi3.2 mi0 / 31
Apr 3, 1974F314 mi15.9 mi0 / 0
Jan 10, 1963F313 mi4 mi0 / 4
Nov 6, 2018EF29 mi10.49 mi1 / 3
Apr 1, 2023EF215 mi18.45 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 103, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Eagleville

The Storm Prediction Center has 50 hail reports within 10 miles of Eagleville since 1973, made on 31 separate days. Of these, 36 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on July 12, 2022. The most recent report is from November 7, 2025. May has the most reports, 13.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Eagleville

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Thompson Stn, TN, 16 miles west of Eagleville at 775 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 48°F and 29°F. December is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 55.9 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 54 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 80 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.5 inches a year, most of it in February. That 55.9 inches is more than at 62 of the 122 Tennessee stations used on this site (51%). Rockvale, 5 miles east, has its own station (Murfreesboro 5 N, TN): 56.0 inches a year, the same as here, and the same July average high, 89°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Thompson Stn, TN
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan48294.671.2
Feb51325.281.5
Mar61395.080.5
Apr71475.380.0
May79575.170.0
Jun87664.670.0
Jul89694.670.0
Aug89693.670.0
Sep84624.150.0
Oct73493.860.0
Nov61384.260.0
Dec51325.880.3
Year704955.9843.5

Averages for 1991–2020 at Thompson Stn, TN (775 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

Tennessee weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Eagleville

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 126 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Eagleville: 95 thunderstorm wind reports, 18 flash floods, 9 floods and 4 lightning strikes. They killed 3 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 2, 2002. Of the 339 Tennessee cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 226 have had fewer than Eagleville.

  • September 22, 2009: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Eagleville — 1 killed, $150,000 damage.

  • May 1, 2010: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Eagleville — 1 killed, $51,000 damage.

  • May 8, 2024: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Eagleville — 1 killed.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Eagleville's ZIP code 37060 have filed 10 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 2002, and were paid $391,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 30% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 155 Tennessee cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 0 have fewer than Eagleville.

Rutherford County, which includes Eagleville, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 winter storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Rutherford County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $134.9 million a year, the 4th highest of 95 Tennessee counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $70.5 million (52%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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