Hail and tornadoes in Sevier County, TN
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Sevier County, TN on 34 days. The biggest estimate: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball), on Fri, May 16, 2025. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 10 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 58 hail reports in Sevier County, TN on 38 days, 1 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 2.75 in, near Gatlinburg, on Thu, Apr 26, 2012.
By decade: 2000s: 23 · 2010s: 19 · 2020s: 16
Tornadoes since 1950
3 tornadoes have touched Sevier County, TN since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Every one
- Thu, Jun 13, 2013 · EF1 · 0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Sevierville
- Wed, Apr 27, 2011 · EF0 · 0.25 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Bird Xrd
- Wed, Apr 27, 2011 · EF0 · 0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Cusick
By decade: 2010s: 3
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Sep 5, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 11, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Oct 21, 2025Reported in the county
- 1 in (2 SSE Kodak, TN)
- Thu, Sep 4, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Sevierville, TN)
- Wed, Sep 3, 2025Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (4 W Pigeon Forge, TN)
- Tue, Jun 24, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 NNW Gatlinburg, TN)
- Fri, May 16, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 E Kodak, TN)
- Thu, May 8, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 SSW Cosby, TN)
- Thu, Apr 10, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (2 SW Gatlinburg, TN)
- Thu, Feb 6, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (1 E Kodak, TN)
- Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 26, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 8, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 6, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (Gatlinburg, TN)
- Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 15, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 1, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jun 20, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 16, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 23, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 20, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 12, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 27, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 22, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 21, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 6, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Apr 6, 2022Reported in the county
- 1 in (1 W WEARS VALLEY, TN)
- Thu, Aug 26, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 11, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 7, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.