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Murfreesboro storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Murfreesboro, TN, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

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    Severe weather in Murfreesboro by the numbers

    15.2severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    5.0hail days a year
    25storm reports in the last 12 months
    4.00″biggest hail since 2016 (Jul 12, 2022)
    24tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF2

    Murfreesboro sits in one of the most active severe-weather areas in the country: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 653 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 138 hail reports, 491 damaging-wind reports and 24 tornado reports. On average that is 15.2 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in March, June, July, when 54% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 1 hail report, 24 wind reports and 0 tornado reports around Murfreesboro; the largest hail was 1.00″ (quarter) on Nov 7, 2025.

    Latest storm reports near Murfreesboro

    DateReportWhere
    Aug 8, 2026Damaging wind20 mi W · Williamson Co.
    Aug 7, 2026Damaging wind6 mi W · Rutherford Co.
    Jul 3, 2026Damaging wind15 mi NW · Williamson Co.
    Jul 2, 2026Damaging wind11 mi W · Rutherford Co.
    Jun 9, 2026Damaging wind9 mi N · Rutherford Co.
    Apr 27, 2026Damaging wind2 mi SW · Rutherford Co.
    Apr 16, 2026Damaging wind9 mi SW · Rutherford Co.
    Mar 15, 2026Damaging wind22 mi W · Williamson Co.
    Dec 18, 2025Damaging wind2 mi W
    Nov 7, 2025Hail 1.00″18 mi W

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    028568311116: 8 hail16: 60 damaging wind1617: 16 hail17: 91 damaging wind17: 4 tornado1718: 4 hail18: 32 damaging wind18: 3 tornado1819: 3 hail19: 54 damaging wind19: 2 tornado1920: 5 hail20: 41 damaging wind20: 1 tornado2021: 15 hail21: 25 damaging wind21: 7 tornado2122: 24 hail22: 41 damaging wind2223: 18 hail23: 72 damaging wind23: 2 tornado2324: 17 hail24: 29 damaging wind24: 2 tornado2425: 28 hail25: 27 damaging wind25: 3 tornado2526: 19 damaging wind26
    HailDamaging windTornado

    Storm season in Murfreesboro

    0326497129Jan: 14JanFeb: 13FebMar: 129MarApr: 66AprMay: 97MayJun: 118JunJul: 105JulAug: 56AugSep: 13SepOct: 5OctNov: 21NovDec: 16Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Murfreesboro

    Murfreesboro averages 5.0 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 4.00 inches — about the size of a softball — reported 23 miles from the city centre on Jul 12, 2022. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Murfreesboro

    There have been 24 tornado reports within 25 miles of Murfreesboro since 2016; the strongest was rated EF2 (Apr 1, 2023, 6 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Murfreesboro

    Does Murfreesboro get a lot of severe storms?

    Murfreesboro averages 15.2 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Murfreesboro?

    Most severe-weather reports around Murfreesboro come in March, June, July.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Murfreesboro?

    4.00 inches (softball size) on Jul 12, 2022, 23 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Murfreesboro?

    Yes — 24 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF2 on Apr 1, 2023.

    How do I get storm alerts for Murfreesboro?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Murfreesboro, TN. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Murfreesboro, TN. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Oct 27, 2026.