| These are just some of the events that occurred in the Southeast TN area see <http://www.tnema.org/Library/history/TNDisHis.pdf> for more info Feb-March 1780 Smallpox epidemic in the Cherokee nation near Chattanooga 1795-1796 Severe Winter in TN 1800 Fever in Knoxville (yellow fever probably) May 24 1807 Tornadoes hit Roane, Knox, Sevier, Jefferson and Cocke counties 1808 TN river floods-- Knoxville December 1812 Severe Winter 1816 "Cold Plague" Summer 1816 Unusually low temperatures state wide 1819 Drought February 1823 Severe Winter statewide March 1826 TN river floods May 1830 Drought 1832-1833 Cholera epidemic statewide Nov 13-15? 1833 Meteor shower- heavy, general panic statewide Feb 1835 Severe Winter East Tennessee 1838 Cholera epidemic Knoxville June-winter 1838 Malarial fever epidemic-knoxville May 1840 TN river floods 1842 TN river floods Nov 28 1844 Earthquake- Knoxville March 1847 TN river floods Dec 19 1847 TN river Floods June-Aug 1849 Cholera epidemic Mid April 1849 Severe cold and snow statewide June 1850 Cholera epidemic Apr 29 1852 Earthquake- VA, NC, and TN Aug 28-30 1852 TN river flood 1854 Cholera Epidemic July 17 1859 Tornado Decatur TN 1861-1865 American Civil War Feb 1862 TN river flood Apr 27 1865 Sultana explodes on Mississippi river September 1866 Cholera Epidemic 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic Mar 1-7- 1867 TN river floods Mar 6-14 1867 TN river floods Knoxville and Chattanooga 1869 Riverboat wreck on TN river near Dayton "RP Converse" and "Last Chance" 1870 TN river near Chattanooga riverboat "Mary Byrd" wrecks 1871 Major fire in Chattanooga Apr 20 1871 TN river floods 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic Jan 22 1873 Blizzard in Middle TN May-Aug 1873 Cholera Epidemic 1875 TN river riverboat wreck near Chattanooga "Hugh Martin" Mar 1875 TN river floods Knoxville Mar 3 1875 TN river floods Harriman November 2 1875 Earthquake N GA and SC Mar 17 1876 TN River floods Jun 17 1876TN River floods Dec 1876-1877 Severe cold statewide 1877-1878 Drought Aug-Oct 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic Jan 1882 TN river floods Winter 1882-1883 Smallpox epidemic- Chattanooga Cleveland and Morristown 1883 TN river floods Feb 1884 TN river floods Feb 9 1884 Tornadoes thruout TN Mar 1885 TN river floods Mar 1886 TN river floods 1887 Drought Mar 11-14 1888(or 1885) ?Great Blizzard (largest before March 1993) Mar 1890TN river floods 1893 Financial panic statewide Jan 1893 TN river wreck near chattanooga "JC Warner" Jan 1893 severe cold statewide Feb 18 1893 TN river floods 1894-1896 drought Dec 20 1895 Coalmine disaster Dayton Rhea Co Apr 1896 TN river flood 1897 Niota fire Feb 1897 TN river flood Mar 1897 TN river flood 1898-1899 Cerebro-Spinal meningitis epidemic Knoxville Oct 1900 TN river flood Nov 26 1900 TN river flood May 18-21-1901 TN river flood Aug 14 1901 TN river flood Dec 1901 TN river flood Feb 28 1902 TN river flood Mar 1902 TN river flood Jul 5 1902 TN river flood Feb 27 1903 TN river flood Feb 3 1905 Severe cold statewide Apr 30 1909 Tornadoes statewide May 31 1909 TN river floods knoxville Mar 28 1913 Earthquake knoxville Apr 17 1913 Earthquake ducktown 1913-1914 drought 1914 tornado 1916 polio epidemic statewide Jul 15-16-1916 TN river floods Mar 1917 TN river floods 1917 America enters WWI ends Nov 1918 Winter 1917-1918 Winterstorm statewide Jan 27-28 1918 TN river floods Fall 1918 Influenza pandemic statewide/worldwide Mar 16-17 1919 TN river floods Apr 3-4- 1920 TN river floods April 12 1920 TN river floods Dec 24 1921 severe storms statewide 1923 Measles statewide 1925-1926 drought 1925 Forest fires statewide Oct 4 1926 Rockwood Roane co coalmine disaster Nov 25-26 1926 Tornado Dec 31 1926 TN river floods Feb 3 1929 TN river flood Mar 22 1929 Severe Storm east TN May 2 1929 TN river flood Oct 29 1929 Stock Market crash-- beginning of great depression 1930-1931 drought Mar 19-1933 Flood TN river 1933 Measles epidemic statewide Jan 21 1935 TN river floods Mar 25 1935 TN river floods Dec 1935 Forest fires statewide 1936 Meningitis statewide Jan 1936 TN river floods Summer-Fall 1936 Polio epidemic statewide Winter 1936-1937 Influenza and pneumonia epidemic 1936-1937 Knoxville "Black death" prob yellow fever Jul 21 1938 TN river floods Jul 8-10-1939 TN river floods 1940 severe winter 1940-1942 drought Jun 7 1940 TN river floods Aug 1940 TN river floods 1941 Whooping cough statewide Summer -fall 1941 Polio epidemic Hamilton co Aug 1941 TB river floods 1941-1943 Measles epidemic statewide Feb 5-6 1942 Tornado TN Dec 1942 TN river floods 1943 whooping cough statewide 1943 meningitis statewide 1941-1945 WWII Sep 29 1944 TN river floods 1945 Diptheria epidemic statewide 1945-1946 Polio epidemic statewide 1945 TN river flood Jan 7 1946 TN river flood Aug 1 1946 Battle of Athens Feb 13 1948 TN river floods Dec 31-Jan 1 1948-1949 Tornado TN Jan 1949 TN river floods 1950-1951 Infectious hepatitis outbreak Knox co Jan -Feb 1951 Severe winter Sep 1 1951 TN river floods Feb 29 1952 Tornado McMinn Co Jun-Jul 1952 Heat wave Statewide May 2 1953 Tornado McMinn and Meigs co 1954 drought Apr 28 1954 TN river floods Aug 9 1954 TN river floods Mar 1955 TN river floods 1957 Influenza statewide Jan 23-31 1957 Severe ice storm statewide Jan 28 1957 TN river floods Nov 18-19 1957 Flod Spring city Rhea co Nov 18 1957 TN river floods Mar 27 1959 TN river floods 1960-1961 Infectious hepatitis epidemic statewide Mar 2 1960 Ice storm statewide Dec 12-18 1961 TN river floods March 19 1963 Tornadoes Bradley and McMinn Cos. April 28 1964 TN river floods Oct 5-6 1964 TN river floods Oct 16 1964 TN river floods Mar 16 1965 TN river floods Apr 15 1965 TOrnado Bradley co 1966-1967 drought 1969-1971 drought Feb 21 1971 tornado Jan 7-8 1973 ice storm seTN Feb 8-11 1973 winter storm Apr 3 1974 Tornado Knox, Polk, bradley, mcminn co FEb 4 1976 earthquake conasauga 1977 winter storm Apr 4 1977 TN river floods 1979 TN river floods 1980-1981 drought May-Sep 1981 weather related deaths--lightning strikes across state Dec6 1981 Chatanooga coal mine disaster Apr 2-12 1983 TN river flood May 27 1983 Explosion- Benton fireworks factory 1985-1986 drought May-Sep 1986 Weather related deaths- lightning strikes across state FAll 1987 Forest fires statewide March 1993 Greatest Blizzard in 108 yrs Feb 16 2003 Knoxville and East TN have seeveral major waterway floods and mudslides. |