Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1988
72 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 72
- Busiest month
- May27 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 10, 19888 severe thunderstorm 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 19, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Pickett | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 49 min |
| May 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 25 min |
| May 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 27 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 29 min |
| May 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 61 min |
| May 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Robertson | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 59 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Scott | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 48 min |
| May 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 9, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Union | 45 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Marion, Meigs | 43 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 49 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| May 22, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 53 min |
| May 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 47 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 28 min |
| May 22, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 69 min |
| Jul 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 68 min |
| Aug 2, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen | 69 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 56 min |
| Nov 4, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 37 min |
| Nov 4, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 51 min |
| Nov 4, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 54 min |
| Nov 5, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 55 min |
| Nov 19, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 55 min |
| Nov 19, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 55 min |
| Nov 26, 9:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 58 min |
| Nov 26, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Nov 26, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 59 min |
| Dec 24, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 4:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 9:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County8
- Tipton County6
- Davidson County5
- Hamilton County5
- McNairy County5
- Wilson County4
- Fentress County4
- Robertson County4
- Hardeman County3
- Union County3
- Sumner County3
- Montgomery County3
- McMinn County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Rutherford County2
- Franklin County2
- Campbell County2
- Claiborne County2
- Scott County2
- Morgan County2
- Marion County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Bradley County2
- Haywood County1
- Williamson County1
- Pickett County1
- Coffee County1
- Lake County1
- Dyer County1
- Obion County1
- Houston County1
- Humphreys County1
- Meigs County1
- Hickman County1
- Perry County1
- Overton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Bedford County1
- Marshall County1
- Anderson 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.