Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Has it hailed in Hancock County, Tennessee recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 15 hail reports with hail up to 0.88", among 21 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 6 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Hancock County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1038 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sneedville, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rogersville, Sneedville, Bean Station, Surgoinsville, Mooresburg, St.”
“At 1028 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Sneedville, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 550 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sneedville, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rogersville and Klondike.”
1 SPC verified storm report
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 530 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jonesville, moving south at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rogersville, Sneedville, Surgoinsville, Kyles Ford, and Klondike.”
“At 524 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Smith to near Jonesville to 9 miles southeast of Pennington Gap. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 257 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hutch, or 10 miles east of Middlesboro, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Rose Hill, Ewing, Evanston, and Powell River Preserve.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1257 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Rogersville, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Kingsport, Rogersville, Gate City, Surgoinsville, Weber City, Colonial Heights, Spurgeon, Church Hill, Mount Carmel, and Clinchport.”
“At 332 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sneedville, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sneedville, Jonesville, Pennington Gap, Kyles Ford, and Pattonsville.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 727 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tazewell, or 10 miles north of Rutledge, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 206 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over New Tazewell, or 11 miles southeast of Middlesboro, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1138 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from Leatherwood to near Rutledge. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1107 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Noetown to near Farragut. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 21 severe weather events in Hancock County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 15 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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