19 Tornados Hit Tennessee in 2015

Weather officials say 19 touched down in Tennessee last year, marking the state’s lowest total since 2007.
The National Weather Service said Saturday that one tornado struck the state in April and two touched down in May of 2015.
A record-setting nine tornados hit the state in July. According to the weather service, the highest number of tornados to strike Tennessee in July was four in 1980.
An outbreak in December produced seven tornados, the most ever in that month. There were two deaths from tornados in 2015, both in Perry County in December.
The number of twisters to hit the state was the lowest since 10 tornados touched down in 2007. The record for the most tornados in one year is in Tennessee is 103 in 2010. The most in one year in Coffee County is nine, 2011 and 1974. Official record keeping of tornado statistics by the weather bureau began in 1916.
Tennessee averages 18 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 6 fatalities.