Alert archive / Tennessee / 2002
Weather alerts in Tennessee, March 2002
75 weather alerts in March 2002, 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 March 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 75
- Warnings
- 68
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 30, 200232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 1:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Roane, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Roane, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Henderson, Madison | 109 min |
| Mar 17, 4:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 2 hr | |
| Mar 17, 8:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 95 min |
| Mar 17, 9:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Giles, Lincoln and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Giles and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Giles and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Houston and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Weakley | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 18 min |
| Mar 29, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Tipton | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tipton | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 7:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 8:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 20 min |
| Mar 29, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 9:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Moore | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 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 | 32 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 31 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tipton County10
- Benton County9
- Shelby County8
- Bedford County8
- Marshall County8
- Perry County7
- Fayette County7
- Humphreys County7
- Williamson County7
- Sumner County7
- Wilson County7
- Houston County7
- Stewart County7
- Haywood County6
- Macon County6
- Rutherford County6
- Coffee County6
- Giles County6
- Lincoln County6
- Moore County6
- Cannon County5
- DeKalb County5
- Sevier County5
- Cheatham County5
- Davidson County5
- Dickson County5
- Trousdale County5
- Fentress County5
- Van Buren County5
- Warren County5
- White County5
- Lawrence County5
- Gibson County5
- Weakley County5
- Crockett County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Lake County4
- Wayne County4
- Madison County4
- Blount County4
42 more counties
- Knox County4
- Hickman County4
- Clay County4
- Jackson County4
- Smith County4
- Cumberland County4
- Franklin County4
- Grundy County4
- Robertson County4
- Dyer County4
- Henry County4
- Obion County4
- Carroll County4
- Lewis County3
- Hardeman County3
- Loudon County3
- Meigs County3
- Roane County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Henderson County3
- Overton County3
- Pickett County3
- Putnam County3
- Maury County3
- Montgomery County3
- Decatur County3
- Hardin County3
- Rhea County2
- Cocke County2
- Jefferson County2
- Sequatchie County2
- Chester County2
- McNairy County2
- Anderson County1
- McMinn County1
- Monroe County1
- Morgan County1
- Grainger County1
- Greene County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hawkins County1
- Washington 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.