Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 1997
78 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 78
- Busiest day
- May 26, 199724 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 30 min |
| May 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Van Buren | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Marion | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 36 min |
| May 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 59 min |
| May 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 32 min |
| May 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 36 min |
| May 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 31 min |
| May 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| May 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 46 min |
| May 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 71 min |
| May 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 36 min |
| May 26, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 47 min |
| May 26, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 32 min |
| May 26, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 26, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 38 min |
| May 26, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 58 min |
| May 26, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 45 min |
| May 26, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| May 26, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Williamson | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Rutherford | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 42 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 62 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 61 min |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 25 min |
| May 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 52 min |
| May 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Williamson County6
- Rutherford County5
- Hardeman County4
- Hickman County4
- Shelby County3
- Stewart County3
- Montgomery County3
- Obion County3
- Maury County3
- Davidson County3
- Humphreys County3
- Dickson County3
- Weakley County2
- Henry County2
- Fayette County2
- Chester County2
- Robertson County2
- Coffee County2
- Grundy County2
- Warren County2
- Pickett County2
- Houston County2
- Marshall County2
- Bedford County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Bledsoe County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Van Buren County1
- Marion County1
- Polk County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hawkins County1
- Jefferson County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Unicoi County1
- Hancock County1
- Wilson County1
23 more counties
- Jackson County1
- Overton County1
- Smith County1
- Putnam County1
- Carroll County1
- Benton County1
- Cheatham County1
- Wayne County1
- Moore County1
- Lake County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Dyer County1
- Gibson County1
- Campbell County1
- Scott County1
- Decatur County1
- Haywood County1
- Perry County1
- Madison County1
- McNairy County1
- Hardin County1
- Tipton 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.