Alert archive / Tennessee / 1997
Weather alerts in Tennessee, May 1997
111 weather alerts in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 111
- Warnings
- 102
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 27, 199728 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 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Clay and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 30 min |
| May 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Van Buren | 45 min |
| May 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 52 min |
| May 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Marion | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 53 min |
| May 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 36 min |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress, Morgan, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Knox, Union | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | McMinn, Polk | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Roane | 5 hr |
| May 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 59 min |
| May 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 32 min |
| May 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 36 min |
| May 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 31 min |
| May 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| May 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 46 min |
| May 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 71 min |
| May 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| May 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 36 min |
| May 26, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 47 min |
| May 26, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 32 min |
| May 26, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 26, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 38 min |
| May 26, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 58 min |
| May 26, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 45 min |
| May 26, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| May 26, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Williamson | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Rutherford | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 42 min |
| May 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 62 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Chester, Coffee and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 61 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 35 min |
| May 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 25 min |
| May 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 52 min |
| May 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 3:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Chester, Decatur, Giles, Hardin, Henderson and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Rhea | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| May 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 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 | 78 |
| Tornado Warning | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County9
- Hardeman County9
- Williamson County9
- Chester County8
- Lincoln County8
- Fayette County7
- Bedford County7
- Decatur County7
- Rutherford County7
- Haywood County7
- Tipton County7
- Benton County6
- Hickman County6
- Humphreys County6
- McNairy County6
- Marshall County6
- Maury County6
- Moore County6
- Dyer County6
- Gibson County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Madison County6
- Stewart County5
- Montgomery County5
- Hardin County5
- Henderson County5
- Lawrence County5
- Perry County5
- Carroll County5
- Crockett County5
- Obion County5
- Weakley County4
- Henry County4
- Davidson County4
- Dickson County4
- Giles County4
- Houston County4
- Wayne County4
- Coffee County4
- Lake County4
53 more counties
- Lewis County3
- Pickett County3
- Robertson County3
- Franklin County3
- Cannon County2
- Cheatham County2
- Jackson County2
- Overton County2
- Putnam County2
- Smith County2
- Wilson County2
- Grundy County2
- Warren County2
- Hamilton County2
- Bradley County2
- Polk County2
- Scott County2
- Rhea County2
- Campbell County2
- Clay County1
- DeKalb County1
- Macon County1
- Sumner County1
- Trousdale County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Van Buren County1
- Marion County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fentress County1
- Morgan County1
- Meigs County1
- Claiborne County1
- Anderson County1
- Grainger County1
- Knox County1
- Union County1
- Blount County1
- Loudon County1
- Monroe County1
- Sevier County1
- McMinn County1
- Roane County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hawkins County1
- Jefferson County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Unicoi County1
- Hancock County1
- Carter County1
- Sullivan County1
- Johnson 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.