Alert archive / Tennessee / 1997
Weather alerts in Tennessee, April 1997
82 weather alerts in April 1997, 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 April 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 75
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 21, 199750 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Union | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Sequatchie | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marion | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 106 min |
| Apr 21, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 50 min |
| Apr 21, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Chester, Coffee, Davidson, Decatur and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 25 min |
| Apr 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 21, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bledsoe | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 12 min |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hamilton and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 15 min |
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart, Weakley | 6 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 | 66 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Coffee County9
- Bedford County8
- Lawrence County8
- Marshall County8
- Giles County6
- Lewis County6
- Maury County6
- Warren County6
- Wayne County6
- Grundy County5
- Marion County5
- White County5
- Hamilton County5
- Bradley County5
- Knox County5
- Monroe County5
- Shelby County4
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Rutherford County4
- Williamson County4
- Blount County4
- Sevier County4
- Jefferson County4
- McMinn County4
- Fayette County3
- Haywood County3
- Tipton County3
- Decatur County3
- Hardin County3
- Perry County3
- Cannon County3
- Hickman County3
- Moore County3
- Scott County3
- Anderson County3
- Claiborne County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Polk County3
- Greene County3
48 more counties
- Crockett County2
- Dyer County2
- Gibson County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Chester County2
- Hardeman County2
- Henderson County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Humphreys County2
- Lake County2
- McNairy County2
- Madison County2
- Obion County2
- Stewart County2
- Weakley County2
- Union County2
- DeKalb County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Campbell County2
- Fentress County2
- Meigs County2
- Morgan County2
- Overton County2
- Putnam County2
- Rhea County2
- Benton County1
- Carroll County1
- Hawkins County1
- Sullivan County1
- Cocke County1
- Davidson County1
- Dickson County1
- Jackson County1
- Smith County1
- Trousdale County1
- Wilson County1
- Clay County1
- Cumberland County1
- Grainger County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hancock County1
- Loudon County1
- Pickett County1
- Roane County1
- Van Buren County1
- Montgomery County1
- Robertson County1
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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.