Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, August 2002
87 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2002. 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 87
- Busiest day
- August 24, 200212 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 14 min |
| Aug 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 13 min |
| Aug 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 16 min |
| Aug 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 12 min |
| Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sullivan County5
- Maury County4
- Wayne County4
- Knox County3
- Blount County3
- Roane County3
- Hamilton County3
- DeKalb County3
- Marion County3
- Carter County2
- Anderson County2
- Campbell County2
- Loudon County2
- Monroe County2
- Benton County2
- Davidson County2
- Sumner County2
- Wilson County2
- Giles County2
- Overton County2
- Fentress County2
- Franklin County2
- Grundy County2
- Greene County2
- Marshall County2
- Fayette County2
- Rutherford County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Madison County2
- Lincoln County2
- Polk County2
- Sevier County1
- Meigs County1
- Rhea County1
- Hickman County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Cannon County1
- Coffee County1
- Bedford 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.