Weather alerts in Tennessee, 2023
3,100 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,100
- Warnings
- 1,069
- Watches
- 130
- Advisories
- 520
- Busiest month
- July685 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 1, 202391 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,100 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 | 733 |
| Tornado Warning | 111 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 42 |
| Tornado Watch | 30 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 171 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,210 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 102 |
| River Flood Warning | 34 |
| Flood Watch | 16 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 295 |
| River Flood Advisory | 26 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 16 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 10 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 43 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 37 |
| Freeze Watch | 21 |
| Frost Advisory | 18 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 13 |
| High Wind Watch | 10 |
| Wind Advisory | 67 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 49 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County298
- Fayette County249
- Lincoln County241
- Franklin County214
- Tipton County213
- Hardeman County211
- Blount County207
- Monroe County207
- Davidson County202
- Lawrence County200
- Sevier County200
- Moore County196
- Sumner County195
- Wilson County193
- Cheatham County192
- Williamson County192
- Madison County192
- Maury County191
- Hardin County191
- Dickson County190
- Henderson County190
- Gibson County189
- Haywood County189
- Knox County189
- Carroll County188
- Chester County187
- Lauderdale County187
- McNairy County186
- Greene County186
- Giles County185
- Marshall County182
- Rutherford County182
- Cocke County181
- Wayne County179
- Weakley County179
- Dyer County177
- Henry County177
- Anderson County177
- Bedford County176
- Hamilton County176
55 more counties
- Humphreys County175
- Decatur County175
- Montgomery County174
- Robertson County173
- Lewis County168
- Obion County167
- Crockett County166
- Hickman County165
- Benton County165
- Houston County164
- Perry County164
- Stewart County160
- Trousdale County160
- Cannon County158
- Loudon County158
- Roane County158
- Smith County156
- DeKalb County155
- Coffee County154
- Putnam County153
- Jefferson County153
- Macon County152
- McMinn County152
- Polk County152
- Union County151
- Marion County151
- Sequatchie County148
- Warren County147
- Bradley County147
- Rhea County141
- Grundy County140
- Morgan County140
- Fentress County138
- Campbell County138
- Meigs County138
- Jackson County137
- Overton County137
- Carter County137
- White County136
- Lake County136
- Grainger County136
- Bledsoe County134
- Van Buren County133
- Hamblen County126
- Cumberland County124
- Clay County122
- Hawkins County122
- Scott County118
- Pickett County114
- Claiborne County112
- Unicoi County111
- Sullivan County105
- Washington County104
- Johnson County103
- Hancock County90
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.