Weather alerts in Tennessee, 1989
177 weather alerts in 1989, 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 177
- Warnings
- 177
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May35 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 4, 198925 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 14, 2:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 45 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 7:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Roane | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Van Buren | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 59 min |
| May 6, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 56 min |
| May 6, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 56 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 53 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| May 20, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Wilson | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Van Buren | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren, White | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 56 min |
| May 20, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Rhea | 52 min |
| May 20, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 55 min |
| May 20, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 59 min |
| May 20, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 57 min |
| May 20, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 20, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 20, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 20, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 54 min |
| May 22, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| May 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 55 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 66 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 59 min |
| May 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 38 min |
| May 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 59 min |
| May 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 49 min |
| May 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 64 min |
| May 27, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Rhea | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 68 min |
| Jun 20, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 115 min |
| Jun 21, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 110 min |
| Jun 21, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Maury | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Polk | 86 min |
| Jun 22, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fayette, Shelby | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Robertson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Robertson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 68 min |
| Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 57 min |
| Jul 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 69 min |
| Jul 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| Sep 22, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Carter | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Johnson | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 119 min |
| Oct 17, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Nov 5, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 41 min |
| Nov 7, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 65 min |
| Nov 7, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 66 min |
| Nov 8, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 68 min |
| Nov 15, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Decatur | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 34 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 | 112 |
| Tornado Warning | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 41 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County25
- Wilson County12
- Fayette County11
- Davidson County10
- Tipton County9
- Cheatham County8
- Rutherford County8
- Robertson County7
- Hamilton County7
- Lawrence County6
- Dickson County6
- Montgomery County5
- Hardeman County5
- Sumner County5
- Hickman County5
- Humphreys County5
- Giles County5
- Warren County5
- Polk County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Maury County5
- Cannon County5
- Wayne County4
- Coffee County4
- Franklin County4
- Lewis County4
- Williamson County4
- Rhea County4
- Perry County3
- Houston County3
- Haywood County3
- Madison County3
- Carroll County3
- Henderson County3
- Smith County3
- Jackson County3
- White County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Marshall County3
- Dyer County3
36 more counties
- Blount County3
- Chester County2
- Bedford County2
- Marion County2
- Grundy County2
- Van Buren County2
- Decatur County2
- Hardin County2
- Benton County2
- Macon County2
- Trousdale County2
- DeKalb County2
- Sullivan County2
- Bradley County2
- Lincoln County2
- Knox County2
- Greene County2
- Sevier County2
- Stewart County2
- Sequatchie County1
- Roane County1
- Morgan County1
- Scott County1
- Clay County1
- Putnam County1
- Moore County1
- Hawkins County1
- Washington County1
- Crockett County1
- Monroe County1
- Jefferson County1
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Johnson County1
- Henry County1
- McNairy County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.