Alert archive / Tennessee / 2002
Weather alerts in Tennessee, May 2002
128 weather alerts in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 128
- Warnings
- 116
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 2, 200234 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, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 47 min |
| May 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 26 min |
| May 1, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 22 min |
| May 1, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 35 min |
| May 1, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 58 min |
| May 1, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 28 min |
| May 1, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 40 min |
| May 1, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 41 min |
| May 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 36 min |
| May 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 25 min |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 23 min |
| May 2, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 22 min |
| May 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 32 min |
| May 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Cannon and 63 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 50 min |
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 46 min |
| May 2, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 57 min |
| May 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 50 min |
| May 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 34 min |
| May 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Jefferson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 7, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 39 min |
| May 9, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 4 hr |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale | 25 min |
| May 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 63 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 29 min |
| May 13, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Rutherford and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 13, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 45 min |
| May 13, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 41 min |
| May 13, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 26 min |
| May 13, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Union | 37 min |
| May 13, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 44 min |
| May 13, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 41 min |
| May 13, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 43 min |
| May 13, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 40 min |
| May 13, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 47 min |
| May 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 29 min |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 27 min |
| May 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| May 13, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 28 min |
| May 13, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 37 min |
| May 13, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 42 min |
| May 13, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 13, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 54 min |
| May 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 5 hr |
| May 17, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion | 27 min |
| May 17, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson | 2 hr |
| May 17, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 42 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 34 min |
| May 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| May 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| May 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 93 min |
| May 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 89 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 25, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll | 81 min |
| May 26, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester | 116 min |
| May 26, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 33 min |
| May 26, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson | 110 min |
| May 28, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Obion | 116 min |
| May 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 111 min |
| May 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 86 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 | 95 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 14 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilson County11
- Clay County11
- Lawrence County9
- Giles County9
- Hickman County9
- Davidson County9
- Franklin County9
- Overton County9
- Sullivan County9
- Wayne County8
- Humphreys County8
- Maury County8
- Williamson County8
- Coffee County8
- Lincoln County8
- Warren County8
- Smith County8
- Putnam County8
- Van Buren County8
- Carter County8
- Hawkins County8
- Johnson County8
- Pickett County8
- Sevier County8
- Dickson County7
- Cannon County7
- DeKalb County7
- Grundy County7
- Rutherford County7
- White County7
- Sumner County7
- Jackson County7
- Anderson County7
- Blount County7
- Knox County7
- Monroe County7
- Lewis County6
- Perry County6
- Bedford County6
- Marion County6
55 more counties
- Marshall County6
- Sequatchie County6
- Hancock County6
- Unicoi County6
- Washington County6
- Jefferson County6
- Loudon County6
- McMinn County6
- Shelby County6
- Stewart County5
- Moore County5
- Cumberland County5
- Robertson County5
- Obion County5
- Cheatham County5
- Cocke County5
- Fentress County5
- Grainger County5
- Greene County5
- Meigs County5
- Roane County5
- Trousdale County5
- Decatur County4
- Henry County4
- Weakley County4
- Houston County4
- Montgomery County4
- Carroll County4
- Gibson County4
- Lake County4
- Bledsoe County4
- Campbell County4
- Claiborne County4
- Hamblen County4
- Macon County4
- Morgan County4
- Rhea County4
- Scott County4
- Union County4
- Hardeman County4
- McNairy County4
- Polk County4
- Bradley County4
- Hamilton County4
- Chester County4
- Henderson County3
- Benton County3
- Hardin County3
- Dyer County2
- Crockett County2
- Fayette County1
- Haywood County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Madison County1
- Tipton 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.