Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1989
112 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 112
- Busiest month
- May32 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 20, 198918 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 45 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Van Buren | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 59 min |
| May 6, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 56 min |
| May 6, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 56 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 53 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| May 20, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Wilson | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Van Buren | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren, White | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 56 min |
| May 20, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Rhea | 52 min |
| May 20, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley, Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 55 min |
| May 20, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 59 min |
| May 20, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 57 min |
| May 20, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 20, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 20, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 54 min |
| May 22, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 66 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 59 min |
| May 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 43 min |
| May 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 59 min |
| May 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 49 min |
| May 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 64 min |
| May 27, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Rhea | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 68 min |
| Jul 11, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 68 min |
| Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| Nov 5, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Nov 5, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 41 min |
| Nov 7, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 65 min |
| Nov 7, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 66 min |
| Nov 8, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 68 min |
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County15
- Davidson County8
- Fayette County7
- Dickson County6
- Tipton County6
- Cheatham County6
- Hickman County5
- Humphreys County5
- Wilson County5
- Rutherford County5
- Robertson County4
- Montgomery County4
- Cannon County4
- Williamson County4
- Hamilton County4
- Perry County3
- Houston County3
- Sumner County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Hardeman County3
- Wayne County3
- Lewis County3
- Rhea County3
- Giles County3
- Lawrence County3
- Maury County3
- Polk County2
- Grundy County2
- Van Buren County2
- Madison County2
- Carroll County2
- Henderson County2
- Hardin County2
- Macon County2
- Smith County2
- Trousdale County2
- Jackson County2
- Warren County2
- Sullivan County2
- Bledsoe County2
29 more counties
- Coffee County2
- Bradley County2
- Marshall County2
- Franklin County2
- Lincoln County2
- Dyer County2
- Blount County2
- Stewart County2
- Marion County1
- Haywood County1
- Chester County1
- Decatur County1
- Benton County1
- Clay County1
- Putnam County1
- DeKalb County1
- White County1
- Bedford County1
- Moore County1
- Greene County1
- Hawkins County1
- Washington County1
- Crockett County1
- Knox County1
- Sevier County1
- Monroe County1
- Jefferson County1
- Henry County1
- McNairy County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.