River Flood Warnings in Tennessee
1,498 river flood warnings since 1986. 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 1,498
- Busiest year
- 2019157 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 75over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dyer County291
- Lauderdale County224
- Hamilton County173
- Crockett County141
- Cocke County117
- Obion County109
- Shelby County92
- Davidson County80
- Perry County79
- Decatur County70
- Hancock County68
- Gibson County64
- Lake County64
- Hardin County62
- Madison County61
- Fayette County60
- Marion County52
- Bledsoe County51
- Sequatchie County51
- Weakley County45
- Hickman County44
- Montgomery County43
- Tipton County41
- Claiborne County39
- Grainger County38
- Jefferson County36
- Bedford County35
- Cheatham County28
- Robertson County25
- Stewart County25
- Humphreys County24
- Franklin County21
- Lincoln County21
- Giles County20
- Wayne County19
- Maury County16
- Sevier County15
- Roane County14
- Hawkins County13
- Lawrence County13
23 more counties
- Morgan County13
- Sullivan County13
- Benton County13
- Henry County13
- Houston County13
- Marshall County11
- Hardeman County8
- Williamson County8
- Polk County8
- Union County5
- Smith County2
- Greene County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Sumner County2
- Trousdale County2
- Wilson County2
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Hamblen County1
- Loudon County1
- Blount County1
- Carter County1
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 47 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 13 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 17 hr |
Nearby
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.