Weather alerts in Tennessee, 1990
153 weather alerts in 1990, 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 1990. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 153
- Warnings
- 153
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August30 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 1, 199012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Feb 3, 8:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Robertson | 116 min |
| Feb 3, 9:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Feb 9, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer | 47 min |
| Feb 9, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 44 min |
| Feb 9, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 48 min |
| Feb 9, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Feb 9, 10:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 28 min |
| Feb 10, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 1:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 3:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bradley, McMinn, Meigs | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Rhea | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, McMinn | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 40 min |
| May 1, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger | 65 min |
| May 1, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Rhea | 53 min |
| May 1, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 65 min |
| May 1, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 58 min |
| May 1, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 53 min |
| May 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 41 min |
| May 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi, Washington | 53 min |
| May 1, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 39 min |
| May 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 40 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 55 min |
| May 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 40 min |
| May 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 15, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 68 min |
| May 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 68 min |
| May 28, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 69 min |
| May 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 61 min |
| May 28, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount | 44 min |
| May 28, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Pickett | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meigs, Rhea | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Monroe | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meigs, Rhea | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Morgan, Scott | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 69 min |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Morgan | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, McMinn | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 69 min |
| Jul 1, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, Polk | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn, Polk | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox, Loudon | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bradley | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, Hamilton | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bradley | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 68 min |
| Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Rhea | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Roane | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith | 65 min |
| Aug 20, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Morgan | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Morgan, Roane | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meigs, Rhea | 67 min |
| Aug 29, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sequatchie | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy, Marion | 58 min |
| Sep 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Morgan | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 55 min |
| Oct 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 68 min |
| Dec 21, 2:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Madison | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 9:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Rhea | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Van Buren | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Grundy | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Meigs, Rhea | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Van Buren | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 7:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 7:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 7:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Van Buren | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Morgan, Roane | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 12 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 3 hr |
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 | 111 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 36 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hamilton County19
- Bradley County14
- Shelby County12
- McMinn County11
- Rhea County9
- Fayette County8
- Polk County7
- Tipton County7
- Blount County7
- Morgan County7
- Meigs County6
- Marion County6
- Monroe County6
- Bledsoe County5
- Knox County5
- Roane County5
- Cumberland County5
- Grundy County5
- Claiborne County4
- Jefferson County4
- Sevier County4
- Loudon County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Haywood County3
- Madison County3
- Sumner County3
- Robertson County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Crockett County3
- Lincoln County3
- Franklin County3
- Fentress County3
- Union County3
- Anderson County3
- Van Buren County3
- Hardeman County2
- Dyer County2
- Giles County2
- Sullivan County2
- Grainger County2
28 more counties
- Clay County2
- Campbell County2
- Bedford County2
- Macon County2
- Smith County2
- Gibson County2
- Rutherford County1
- Williamson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Obion County1
- Johnson County1
- Greene County1
- Hawkins County1
- Unicoi County1
- Washington County1
- Cocke County1
- Hamblen County1
- Pickett County1
- Hardin County1
- Scott County1
- Coffee County1
- Marshall County1
- Cannon County1
- Warren County1
- Jackson County1
- Cheatham County1
- Davidson County1
- Trousdale County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19891991
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.