Weather alerts in Tennessee, 1987
27 weather alerts in 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 27
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- April6 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 15, 19876 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 68 min |
| Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Cumberland, Morgan, Roane, Scott | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 60 min |
| Dec 14, 9:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 54 min |
| Dec 14, 10:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 56 min |
| Dec 14, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 58 min |
| Dec 14, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 60 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County4
- Hamilton County4
- Davidson County3
- Tipton County3
- Wilson County2
- Fayette County2
- Hardeman County2
- Marion County2
- Anderson County2
- Cumberland County2
- Rutherford County2
- Williamson County2
- Sumner County1
- Gibson County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Morgan County1
- Roane County1
- Scott County1
- Campbell County1
- Robertson County1
- Haywood County1
- Madison County1
- Crockett County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.