Jan 04
Tennessee had more tornadoes than usual in 2012, but they caused fewer deaths. Data from the National Weather Service shows 34 recorded tornadoes statewide last year – 20 of them occurring in March. NWS meteorologist Bobby Boyd in Nashville said the average year brings 21 tornadoes in Tennessee, based on data from 1981-2010. There is an average of five tornado-caused deaths per year. In 2012, three people were killed. The year with the largest number of tornadoes was 2011, when 113 of them struck, killing 34 people.