Weather alerts in Tennessee, 1988
94 weather alerts in 1988, 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 94
- Warnings
- 94
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May30 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 24, 198810 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 8:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 115 min |
| Jan 19, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jan 19, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 38 min |
| Jan 19, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 30 min |
| Jan 19, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 19, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Jan 19, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Pickett | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 49 min |
| May 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 25 min |
| May 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 27 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 61 min |
| May 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Robertson | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 59 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Scott | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 48 min |
| May 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 9, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Union | 45 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Marion, Meigs | 43 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 49 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| May 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 61 min |
| May 22, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 53 min |
| May 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 47 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 28 min |
| May 22, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 69 min |
| Jul 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 68 min |
| Aug 2, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen | 69 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 56 min |
| Nov 4, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 37 min |
| Nov 4, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 58 min |
| Nov 4, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 51 min |
| Nov 4, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 54 min |
| Nov 4, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 55 min |
| Nov 19, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 55 min |
| Nov 19, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 55 min |
| Nov 19, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 53 min |
| Nov 26, 9:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 58 min |
| Nov 26, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Nov 26, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 59 min |
| Nov 26, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Dec 24, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 3:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 4:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 7:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 7:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 9:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 67 min |
| Dec 27, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 68 min |
| Dec 27, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 69 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 | 72 |
| Tornado Warning | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County14
- Tipton County8
- Wilson County7
- Davidson County7
- Fayette County6
- Hamilton County5
- McNairy County5
- Fentress County4
- Robertson County4
- Rutherford County3
- Hardeman County3
- Williamson County3
- Union County3
- Sumner County3
- Montgomery County3
- McMinn County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Haywood County2
- Franklin County2
- Campbell County2
- Claiborne County2
- Scott County2
- Morgan County2
- Marion County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Marshall County2
- Bradley County2
- Giles County2
- Carroll County1
- Henry County1
- Pickett County1
- Coffee County1
- Lake County1
- Dyer County1
- Obion County1
- Gibson County1
- Weakley County1
- Houston County1
- Humphreys County1
- Meigs County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.