Alert archive / Tennessee / 1997
Weather alerts in Tennessee, January 1997
74 weather alerts in January 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 67
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 24, 199732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jan 4, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 31 min |
| Jan 4, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Coffee and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 66 min |
| Jan 4, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 63 min |
| Jan 4, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 68 min |
| Jan 5, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 61 min |
| Jan 5, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Knox | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Monroe, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 67 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 63 min |
| Jan 5, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 8:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 8:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 9:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 48 min |
| Jan 24, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 58 min |
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 30 min |
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 57 min |
| Jan 24, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 53 min |
| Jan 24, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 65 min |
| Jan 24, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jan 24, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 31 min |
| Jan 24, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Moore | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson | 39 min |
| Jan 24, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam | 54 min |
| Jan 24, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam, White | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Marion | 45 min |
| Jan 24, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Pickett | 46 min |
| Jan 25, 8:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 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 | 46 |
| Tornado Warning | 19 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumner County8
- Franklin County5
- Hickman County5
- Jackson County5
- Maury County5
- Overton County5
- Putnam County5
- Rutherford County5
- Williamson County5
- Wilson County5
- Macon County5
- Davidson County4
- DeKalb County4
- Fentress County4
- Lincoln County4
- Moore County4
- Perry County4
- Smith County4
- White County4
- Bradley County4
- Hamilton County4
- Marion County4
- Monroe County4
- Polk County4
- Blount County4
- Shelby County3
- Tipton County3
- Bedford County3
- Cannon County3
- Coffee County3
- Giles County3
- Lawrence County3
- Lewis County3
- Trousdale County3
- Cumberland County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Grundy County3
- McMinn County3
- Meigs County3
- Rhea County3
55 more counties
- Sequatchie County3
- Scott County3
- Morgan County3
- Anderson County3
- Campbell County3
- Claiborne County3
- Grainger County3
- Hawkins County3
- Knox County3
- Loudon County3
- Pickett County3
- Roane County3
- Union County3
- Dyer County2
- Hardeman County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Benton County2
- Cheatham County2
- Decatur County2
- Dickson County2
- Houston County2
- Humphreys County2
- Marshall County2
- Stewart County2
- Van Buren County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Carter County2
- Cocke County2
- Greene County2
- Hamblen County2
- Hancock County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Sevier County2
- Sullivan County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Montgomery County2
- Robertson County2
- Carroll County1
- Crockett County1
- Fayette County1
- Gibson County1
- Haywood County1
- Henry County1
- Lake County1
- Madison County1
- Obion County1
- Weakley County1
- Chester County1
- Hardin County1
- Henderson County1
- McNairy County1
- Clay 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.