McMinn County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in McMinn County, Tennessee? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 41 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 21 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph, plus 20 hail reports with hail up to 0.75". 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.
McMinn County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across McMinn County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in McMinn County
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
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 →Storm log — the official record, day by day
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.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 940 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Etowah, or 12 miles south of Madisonville, moving northeast at 40 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 901 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Benton, 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... Benton, Etowah, Wildwood Lake, Conasauga, Parksville, Reliance, Bullet Creek, Archville, Hiwassee Ocoee State Park, and Gap Springs.”
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 723 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Athens, moving southeast 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...”
“At 317 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Etowah, or 8 miles south of Madisonville, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 17, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Decatur, moving north at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Athens, Decatur, Riceville, Evensville, Peakland, Hillsview, and Old Washington.”
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 148 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lakesite, or 13 miles west of Cleveland, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 724 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sweetwater, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 244 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Benton, 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... Benton, Ducktown, Etowah, William L. Davenport Refuge, Coker Creek, Parksville, Turtletown, Reliance, Copperhill, and Bullet Creek.”
“At 227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Cleveland, 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... Cleveland, Benton, Charleston, South Cleveland, East Cleveland, Wildwood Lake, Calhoun, Waterville, Parksville, and Hopewell.”
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 3, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 544 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Decatur, moving northwest at 15 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... Dayton, Decatur, Spring City, Old Washington, Evensville, and Peakland.”
“At 541 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Maryville to 13 miles south of Madisonville. Movement was northwest at 20 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.”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 SW Hillsview SPC verified report
Thursday, July 2, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 311 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles northwest of Murphy, moving west at 10 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... Tellico Plains, Bullet Creek, Coker Creek, Violet, Unaka, and Turtletown.”
- Hail 0.5" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 14, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 538 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northeast of Decatur, moving east 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... Athens, Lenoir City, Sweetwater, Loudon, Madisonville, Decatur, Fairview, Louisville, Spring City, and Englewood.”
“At 113 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles south of Dayton to Cohutta. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 816 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fairview, or 9 miles southwest of Kingston, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 640 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sweetwater, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 852 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles south of Pikeville to Walden. Movement was east at 50 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 400 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Dayton, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...”
“At 418 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over East Cleveland, or near Cleveland, moving east at 55 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...”
- Hail 0.75" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near East Cleveland, or near Cleveland, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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...”
- Hail 0.25" McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
- Wind Unknown 1 NW Etowah SPC verified report
Thursday, December 18, 2025
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1057 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Charleston to near Cohutta. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1054 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Lenoir City to near Sweetwater to 6 miles west of Etowah. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McMinn County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
1 SPC verified storm report
“A roof was blown off a metal pole barn. (MRX)”
- Wind Unknown Niota SPC verified report
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in McMinn County, TN?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 41 severe weather events in McMinn County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in McMinn County recently?
Yes — 20 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.75" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in McMinn County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.