Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1997
159 flash flood warnings in 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 159
- Busiest month
- March79 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- March 2, 199735 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 8:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester | 92 min |
| Mar 1, 3:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Henderson | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson, Sumner | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | McNairy | 119 min |
| Mar 2, 3:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Decatur, Perry | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Moore | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur, Hickman, Perry | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Smith | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tipton | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress, Morgan, Scott | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 11:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 106 min |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress, Morgan, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Knox, Union | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | McMinn, Polk | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Roane | 5 hr |
| May 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| May 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Rhea | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Meigs | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 115 min |
| Jun 12, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Loudon | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 12:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Polk | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 117 min |
| Jun 21, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren | 118 min |
| Jun 28, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Overton | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | White | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Union | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stewart County13
- Montgomery County12
- Benton County11
- Houston County10
- Dickson County10
- Davidson County10
- Humphreys County9
- Cheatham County9
- Lawrence County8
- Robertson County7
- Sumner County7
- Wilson County7
- Hamilton County6
- Williamson County6
- Wayne County6
- Fayette County5
- Decatur County5
- Lewis County5
- Giles County5
- Rhea County5
- Henderson County4
- Hickman County4
- Macon County4
- Marshall County4
- Maury County4
- Bedford County4
- Warren County4
- White County4
- Morgan County4
- Union County4
- Knox County4
- Monroe County4
- Chester County3
- Hardeman County3
- Madison County3
- Shelby County3
- Carroll County3
- Perry County3
- Lincoln County3
- Rutherford County3
51 more counties
- Scott County3
- Claiborne County3
- Anderson County3
- Grainger County3
- Greene County3
- Sevier County3
- Marion County2
- Dyer County2
- Gibson County2
- Haywood County2
- Tipton County2
- McNairy County2
- Moore County2
- Hancock County2
- Trousdale County2
- Coffee County2
- DeKalb County2
- Jackson County2
- Overton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fentress County2
- Campbell County2
- Hawkins County2
- Bradley County2
- Meigs County2
- Blount County2
- Loudon County2
- McMinn County2
- Polk County2
- Sullivan County2
- Grundy County2
- Bledsoe County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Obion County1
- Weakley County1
- Crockett County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Cannon County1
- Clay County1
- Pickett County1
- Putnam County1
- Smith County1
- Hardin County1
- Roane County1
- Carter County1
- Johnson County1
- Franklin County1
- Cocke County1
- Hamblen County1
- Jefferson County1
- Van Buren County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.