Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings / 1998
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, May 1998
23 flash flood warnings in May 1998. 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- May 26, 19986 flash flood warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 7, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 7, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 3 hr |
| May 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Knox | 3 hr |
| May 7, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen | 2 hr |
| May 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 2 hr |
| May 10, 8:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 2 hr |
| May 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| May 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Overton | 3 hr |
| May 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| May 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 2 hr |
| May 26, 8:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 2 hr |
| May 26, 8:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 26, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Houston | 92 min |
| May 27, 4:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County2
- Wayne County2
- Giles County2
- Knox County2
- Cocke County2
- Jefferson County2
- Sumner County2
- Benton County1
- Lewis County1
- Maury County1
- Grainger County1
- Greene County1
- Hamblen County1
- Macon County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Overton County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Van Buren County1
- Grundy County1
- Claiborne County1
- Hancock County1
- Hawkins County1
- Sullivan County1
- Cheatham County1
- Davidson County1
- Wilson County1
- Houston County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.