Weather alerts in Tennessee, 2017
2,609 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,609
- Warnings
- 787
- Watches
- 71
- Advisories
- 501
- Busiest month
- March470 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 1, 2017108 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,609 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 480 |
| Tornado Warning | 81 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 24 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 108 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,141 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 27 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 80 |
| River Flood Warning | 79 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 23 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 218 |
| River Flood Advisory | 93 |
| Hydrologic Statement | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 26 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 31 |
| Freeze Watch | 7 |
| Frost Advisory | 16 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 4 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 66 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 64 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Davidson County214
- Lauderdale County188
- Dyer County180
- Shelby County177
- Williamson County177
- Wilson County172
- Rutherford County168
- Franklin County164
- Blount County162
- Tipton County158
- Hickman County153
- Cheatham County152
- Fayette County147
- Gibson County146
- Madison County146
- Crockett County145
- Haywood County144
- Lake County143
- Dickson County143
- Sevier County142
- Bedford County141
- DeKalb County141
- Marshall County141
- Obion County139
- Lincoln County139
- Putnam County138
- Smith County138
- Marion County138
- Moore County137
- Maury County137
- Cannon County136
- Montgomery County136
- Sumner County135
- Hamilton County134
- Perry County133
- Decatur County132
- Anderson County132
- Knox County132
- Giles County131
- Coffee County130
55 more counties
- Lawrence County130
- White County130
- Hardin County129
- Henderson County129
- Monroe County129
- Robertson County128
- Warren County128
- Wayne County128
- Sequatchie County128
- Cocke County127
- Roane County127
- Hardeman County125
- Jackson County125
- Bradley County125
- Weakley County124
- Overton County124
- Rhea County123
- Bledsoe County123
- Humphreys County122
- Meigs County122
- Carroll County121
- Henry County121
- Greene County121
- Lewis County119
- Houston County118
- Stewart County118
- Morgan County118
- Chester County117
- Grundy County117
- Trousdale County117
- Loudon County116
- Van Buren County114
- Cumberland County112
- Macon County111
- Polk County111
- Carter County108
- Benton County107
- Clay County107
- Campbell County107
- McNairy County106
- Union County103
- Scott County102
- Fentress County100
- McMinn County100
- Grainger County98
- Jefferson County97
- Johnson County93
- Sullivan County93
- Claiborne County92
- Pickett County91
- Hancock County89
- Hamblen County87
- Hawkins County87
- Washington County84
- Unicoi County81
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.