Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 1999
112 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 112
- Busiest day
- May 6, 199938 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 61 min |
| May 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| May 5, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 51 min |
| May 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 38 min |
| May 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 5, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 33 min |
| May 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 21 min |
| May 5, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 31 min |
| May 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 59 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Williamson | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson | 56 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 46 min |
| May 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| May 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 19 min |
| May 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 61 min |
| May 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 34 min |
| May 6, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 6, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 49 min |
| May 6, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 49 min |
| May 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 32 min |
| May 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 62 min |
| May 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 48 min |
| May 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 51 min |
| May 7, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 47 min |
| May 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 47 min |
| May 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 33 min |
| May 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 61 min |
| May 12, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 31 min |
| May 13, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Union | 46 min |
| May 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 29 min |
| May 13, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 48 min |
| May 13, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| May 13, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 33 min |
| May 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 45 min |
| May 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 31 min |
| May 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 44 min |
| May 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Roane | 43 min |
| May 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 32 min |
| May 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
| May 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 41 min |
| May 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 48 min |
| May 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Hamblen | 32 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs | 49 min |
| May 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| May 21, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 23, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 65 min |
| May 23, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 23, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 34 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale, Wilson | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam, Smith | 35 min |
| May 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 48 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County7
- Knox County6
- Rhea County6
- Bradley County6
- Meigs County5
- Tipton County4
- Davidson County4
- Wilson County4
- Bledsoe County4
- Cumberland County4
- Hamilton County4
- Rutherford County3
- Sumner County3
- Coffee County3
- Smith County3
- Marion County3
- Roane County3
- Blount County3
- Anderson County3
- Monroe County3
- Claiborne County3
- Union County3
- Sevier County3
- Polk County3
- Hamblen County3
- Jefferson County3
- Franklin County3
- Fayette County2
- Haywood County2
- Gibson County2
- Carroll County2
- Chester County2
- Wayne County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lewis County2
- Bedford County2
- Trousdale County2
- Putnam County2
- White County2
- Van Buren County2
42 more counties
- Morgan County2
- Loudon County2
- Scott County2
- McMinn County2
- Grainger County2
- Johnson County2
- Warren County2
- Hardeman County1
- Dyer County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Crockett County1
- Madison County1
- Hardin County1
- Henderson County1
- Hickman County1
- Giles County1
- Maury County1
- Dickson County1
- Williamson County1
- Houston County1
- Cheatham County1
- Montgomery County1
- Robertson County1
- Marshall County1
- Cannon County1
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Pickett County1
- Campbell County1
- Sullivan County1
- Washington County1
- Hancock County1
- Unicoi County1
- Carter County1
- Moore County1
- Lincoln County1
- Grundy County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Hawkins County1
- McNairy 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.