Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 1988

27 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
27
Busiest day
May 10, 19888 severe thunderstorm 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake25 min
May 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer34 min
May 3, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion27 min
May 3, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton29 min
May 7, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell24 min
May 7, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Union30 min
May 9, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin50 min
May 9, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner61 min
May 9, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Union60 min
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Robertson59 min
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson59 min
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys59 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress, Scott50 min
May 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson48 min
May 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress, Morgan46 min
May 9, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Union45 min
May 12, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby47 min
May 14, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton, Marion, Meigs43 min
May 14, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn43 min
May 16, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry45 min
May 16, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton51 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland, Fentress49 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton51 min
May 22, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale53 min
May 22, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy47 min
May 22, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy28 min
May 22, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy31 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.