Alert archive / Tennessee / 1999
Weather alerts in Tennessee, May 1999
153 weather alerts in May 1999, 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 153
- Warnings
- 142
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 6, 199959 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 61 min |
| May 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| May 5, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 51 min |
| May 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 38 min |
| May 5, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 5, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 33 min |
| May 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 34 min |
| May 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 21 min |
| May 5, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 5, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 31 min |
| May 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 32 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 31 min |
| May 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur, Perry | 63 min |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 59 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Williamson | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson | 56 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 46 min |
| May 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 36 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| May 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 49 min |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Decatur, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Stewart | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Williamson | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Maury | 6 hr |
| May 5, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 48 min |
| May 5, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Warren | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 63 min |
| May 5, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| May 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 19 min |
| May 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 61 min |
| May 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe | 64 min |
| May 5, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 4 hr |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 34 min |
| May 6, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 6, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 11 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 49 min |
| May 6, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 49 min |
| May 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 6 hr |
| May 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 6 hr |
| May 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 62 min |
| May 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock | 62 min |
| May 7, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 48 min |
| May 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 51 min |
| May 7, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 47 min |
| May 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 47 min |
| May 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 33 min |
| May 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 61 min |
| May 12, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 31 min |
| May 13, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Union | 46 min |
| May 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 29 min |
| May 13, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 48 min |
| May 13, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| May 13, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 33 min |
| May 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 45 min |
| May 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 31 min |
| May 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 44 min |
| May 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Roane | 43 min |
| May 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 32 min |
| May 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
| May 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 41 min |
| May 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 48 min |
| May 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Hamblen | 32 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs | 49 min |
| May 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 46 min |
| May 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Macon, Pickett | 7 hr |
| May 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| May 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 3 hr |
| May 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham and 37 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 65 min |
| May 23, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 23, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 4 hr |
| May 23, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 34 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale, Wilson | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam, Smith | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 40 min |
| May 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 48 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 30 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 | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County12
- Bradley County10
- Knox County9
- Rhea County9
- Davidson County8
- Sumner County8
- Wilson County8
- Meigs County8
- Tipton County7
- Rutherford County7
- Bledsoe County7
- Cumberland County7
- Franklin County7
- Grundy County7
- Hamilton County7
- Monroe County7
- Polk County7
- Putnam County7
- Sevier County7
- Haywood County6
- Madison County6
- Trousdale County6
- McMinn County6
- Marion County6
- Roane County6
- Smith County6
- Union County6
- White County6
- Blount County6
- Fayette County5
- Hardeman County5
- Crockett County5
- Gibson County5
- Carroll County5
- Macon County5
- Montgomery County5
- Anderson County5
- Coffee County5
- Loudon County5
- Morgan County5
55 more counties
- Pickett County5
- Scott County5
- Van Buren County5
- Warren County5
- Claiborne County5
- Hamblen County5
- Jefferson County5
- Lauderdale County4
- Benton County4
- Houston County4
- Cheatham County4
- Chester County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lewis County4
- Robertson County4
- Wayne County4
- Williamson County4
- Bedford County4
- Clay County4
- DeKalb County4
- Fentress County4
- Overton County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Grainger County4
- Cocke County4
- Greene County4
- Hancock County4
- Dyer County3
- Lake County3
- Stewart County3
- Decatur County3
- Dickson County3
- Giles County3
- Hickman County3
- Humphreys County3
- McNairy County3
- Marshall County3
- Maury County3
- Perry County3
- Campbell County3
- Cannon County3
- Jackson County3
- Moore County3
- Hawkins County3
- Johnson County3
- Henry County2
- Obion County2
- Weakley County2
- Hardin County2
- Henderson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Carter County2
- Sullivan County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
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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.