Weather alerts in Tennessee, May 2026

171 weather alerts in May 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 171
Warnings: 34
Watches: 3
Advisories: 57
Busiest day: May 24, 202625 alerts

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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
May 2, 11:35 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	OHX	Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon and 6 more	19 hr
May 2, 11:42 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	MRX	Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger and 12 more	20 hr
May 2, 11:42 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson	20 hr
May 3, 7:09 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OHX	Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Grundy and 12 more	111 min
May 5, 10:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	2 hr
May 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MRX	Blount, Sevier	21 hr
May 5, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Trousdale	37 min
May 5, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
May 6, 12:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
May 6, 12:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman and 10 more	2 hr
May 6, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	33 min
May 6, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Tipton	25 min
May 6, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	30 min
May 6, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy	40 min
May 6, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	23 min
May 6, 3:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	90 min
May 6, 4:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	100 min
May 6, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	61 min
May 6, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall	30 min
May 6, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	43 min
May 6, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	65 min
May 6, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	35 min
May 6, 7:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	55 min
May 6, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	38 min
May 6, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea	52 min
May 6, 8:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
May 6, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Polk	43 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradley, Polk	2 hr
May 10, 5:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	5 hr
May 10, 2:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Shelby	96 min
May 10, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
May 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	27 min
May 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	47 min
May 19, 12:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lake, Obion	119 min
May 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	46 min
May 19, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	36 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 14 more	59 min
May 19, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sequatchie	50 min
May 20, 12:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Clay and 28 more	116 min
May 20, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith	33 min
May 20, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson	40 min
May 20, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Pickett	48 min
May 20, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamblen, Jefferson	45 min
May 20, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	40 min
May 20, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	39 min
May 20, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox	47 min
May 20, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	29 min
May 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	32 min
May 20, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	3 hr
May 20, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Union	51 min
May 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	46 min
May 20, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	40 min
May 20, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Moore	47 min
May 21, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	43 min
May 21, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Williamson	3 hr
May 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	34 min
May 22, 9:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chester, Decatur, Giles, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 7 more	2 hr
May 22, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	31 min
May 22, 12:46 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Greene, Sevier, Unicoi	18 hr
May 22, 12:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham and 48 more	2 hr
May 22, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	40 min
May 22, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	46 min
May 22, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	36 min
May 22, 2:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Knox, Loudon	3 hr
May 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Putnam	35 min
May 22, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	White	36 min
May 22, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Union	41 min
May 22, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam, White	51 min
May 22, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Grainger, Knox, Union	61 min
May 22, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Union	119 min
May 22, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Union	57 min
May 22, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne	51 min
May 22, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	47 min
May 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	48 min
May 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe	45 min
May 23, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Rhea, Roane	45 min
May 23, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	49 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	36 min
May 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Scott	3 hr
May 23, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Moore	29 min
May 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Greene, Sevier, Unicoi	10 hr
May 23, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	46 min
May 23, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin, Moore	43 min
May 23, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	40 min
May 23, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	42 min
May 23, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	45 min
May 23, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Pickett	39 min
May 24, 11:57 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	13 hr
May 24, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane	3 hr
May 24, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	51 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Hamilton	46 min
May 24, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn	51 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	39 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
May 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	3 hr
May 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox	3 hr
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	49 min
May 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	3 hr
May 24, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Knox	57 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	3 hr
May 24, 8:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Jefferson, Knox, Sevier	3 hr
May 24, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	2 hr
May 24, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Knox, Loudon	3 hr
May 24, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Jefferson	3 hr
May 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	9 hr
May 24, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sullivan	26 min
May 25, 4:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 22 more	5 hr
May 25, 11:13 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke and 18 more	15 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Sevier	3 hr
May 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Marion	3 hr
May 25, 7:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Sevier	2 hr
May 25, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	63 min
May 25, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	117 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	2 hr
May 26, 8:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Maury, Williamson	111 min
May 26, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton	3 hr
May 27, 3:23 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton	7 hr
May 27, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	3 days
May 27, 5:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, Polk	2 hr
May 28, 4:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke	111 min
May 28, 4:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	9 hr
May 28, 6:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene	7 hr
May 29, 12:59 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 24 more	24 hr
May 29, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	46 min
May 29, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury	2 hr
May 29, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount	4 hr
May 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	2 hr
May 29, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Decatur	2 hr
May 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	2 hr
May 30, 1:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	3 hr
May 30, 2:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Greene	6 hr
May 30, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	3 hr
May 30, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	6 hr
May 30, 4:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	7 hr
May 30, 4:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	McMinn	4 hr
May 30, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Knox	6 hr
May 30, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	2 hr
May 30, 5:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Campbell, Morgan, Scott	5 hr
May 30, 5:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier	6 hr
May 30, 5:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Loudon	3 hr
May 30, 6:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount	6 hr
May 30, 7:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane	3 hr
May 30, 7:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan	4 hr
May 30, 8:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon	3 hr
May 30, 9:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe	3 hr
May 30, 9:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	3 hr
May 30, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn	3 hr
May 30, 11:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Loudon	76 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	3 hr
May 31, 4:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lauderdale, McNairy and 2 more	5 hr
May 31, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	19 min
May 31, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lake, Obion	2 hr
May 31, 2:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Fentress, Overton	3 hr
May 31, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Overton	51 min
May 31, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Coffee, Warren	3 hr
May 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale and 2 more	113 min
May 31, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	47 min
May 31, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	45 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	39 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	51 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	20 min
May 31, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	35 min
May 31, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	2 hr
May 31, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	27 min
May 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	48 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	17 min
May 31, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	44 min
May 31, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson	43 min
May 31, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	42 min
May 31, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	49 min
May 31, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	44 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	15
Tornado Warning	2
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	66
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	16
Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	45
River Flood Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.