Alert archive / Tennessee / Mesoscale Discussions / 2021
Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, May 2021
16 mesoscale discussions in May 2021. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20215 mesoscale discussions
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 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 23 more | 115 min |
| May 4, 1:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 114 min |
| May 4, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton and 3 more | 118 min |
| May 4, 4:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 45 more | 88 min |
| May 4, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 33 more | 89 min |
| May 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 2 hr |
| May 6, 10:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette and 13 more | 85 min |
| May 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 118 min |
| May 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 5 more | 90 min |
| May 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Franklin and 18 more | 94 min |
| May 9, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 8 more | 91 min |
| May 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 36 more | 2 hr |
| May 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 93 min |
| May 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette and 18 more | 87 min |
| May 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 10 more | 114 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Haywood County9
- Tipton County9
- Fayette County8
- Hardeman County8
- Crockett County8
- Madison County8
- Shelby County8
- Carroll County7
- Gibson County7
- Lauderdale County7
- McNairy County6
- Giles County6
- Marshall County6
- Benton County6
- Dyer County6
- Henderson County6
- Weakley County6
- Hardin County5
- Bedford County5
- Cannon County5
- Coffee County5
- Franklin County5
- Lincoln County5
- Moore County5
- Rutherford County5
- Williamson County5
- Chester County5
- Henry County5
- Lake County5
- Obion County5
- Macon County5
- Wayne County4
- Cumberland County4
- DeKalb County4
- Fentress County4
- Hickman County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lewis County4
- Maury County4
- Perry County4
37 more counties
- Putnam County4
- Warren County4
- Stewart County4
- Clay County4
- Jackson County4
- Sumner County4
- Trousdale County4
- Smith County4
- Wilson County4
- Bledsoe County3
- Grundy County3
- Meigs County3
- Morgan County3
- Rhea County3
- Roane County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Van Buren County3
- White County3
- Decatur County3
- Houston County3
- Humphreys County3
- Montgomery County3
- Overton County3
- Pickett County3
- Davidson County3
- Cheatham County2
- Robertson County2
- Anderson County2
- Bradley County2
- Campbell County2
- Hamilton County2
- Loudon County2
- McMinn County2
- Marion County2
- Scott County2
- Dickson County1
- Monroe County1
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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.