Alert archive / Tennessee / 2009
Weather alerts in Tennessee, August 2009
120 weather alerts in August 2009, 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 August 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 120
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest day
- August 5, 200927 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Aug 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 20 min |
| Aug 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Campbell, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson and 13 more | 84 min |
| Aug 4, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Union | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Knox, Union | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Knox and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan, Roane | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 5 more | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan, Roane | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon and 44 more | 90 min |
| Aug 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Roane | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more | 114 min |
| Aug 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 35 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 7:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys and 2 more | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 48 more | 85 min |
| Aug 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Humphreys and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 2:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Shelby | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 118 min |
| Aug 11, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Morgan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Union | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 11:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Jefferson, Sevier | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 7 more | 87 min |
| Aug 11, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 12:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 119 min |
| Aug 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 10:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne | 111 min |
| Aug 12, 3:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:47 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Polk | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Polk | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter | 117 min |
| Aug 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Sevier | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Tipton | 90 min |
| Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 89 min |
| Aug 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 2:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Stewart | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Washington | 81 min |
| Aug 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hamilton | 79 min |
| Aug 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Polk and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 97 min |
| Aug 20, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Unicoi | 116 min |
| Aug 22, 1:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 110 min |
| Aug 22, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 115 min |
| Aug 22, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 110 min |
| Aug 22, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe and 1 more | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon and 3 more | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 62 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 | 46 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 13 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 42 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County18
- Anderson County17
- Sevier County16
- Carroll County15
- Blount County15
- Obion County14
- Weakley County14
- Decatur County13
- Henderson County13
- Carter County13
- Cocke County13
- Greene County13
- Jefferson County13
- Henry County13
- Dyer County12
- Hardin County12
- Morgan County12
- Roane County12
- Washington County12
- McNairy County11
- Claiborne County11
- Sullivan County11
- Lake County11
- Gibson County10
- Madison County10
- Hamblen County10
- Loudon County10
- Union County10
- Benton County10
- Humphreys County10
- Stewart County10
- Chester County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Campbell County9
- Grainger County9
- Hawkins County9
- Johnson County9
- Monroe County9
- Scott County9
- Davidson County9
55 more counties
- Montgomery County9
- Perry County9
- Robertson County9
- Sumner County9
- Hardeman County8
- Haywood County8
- Unicoi County8
- Cheatham County8
- Houston County8
- Macon County8
- Wilson County8
- Crockett County7
- Shelby County7
- Tipton County7
- Hamilton County7
- McMinn County7
- Dickson County7
- Fentress County7
- Hickman County7
- Lawrence County7
- Rutherford County7
- Trousdale County7
- Williamson County7
- Fayette County6
- Bradley County6
- Hancock County6
- Smith County6
- Wayne County6
- Polk County5
- Bedford County5
- Coffee County5
- Giles County5
- Jackson County5
- Lewis County5
- Marshall County5
- Maury County5
- Pickett County5
- Bledsoe County4
- Meigs County4
- Rhea County4
- Cannon County4
- Clay County4
- Cumberland County4
- DeKalb County4
- Grundy County4
- Overton County4
- Putnam County4
- Warren County4
- Marion County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Van Buren County3
- White County3
- Lincoln County3
- Franklin County3
- Moore County3
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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.