Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2002
95 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 95
- Busiest day
- May 2, 200232 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, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 47 min |
| May 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 26 min |
| May 1, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 58 min |
| May 1, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 40 min |
| May 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 41 min |
| May 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 36 min |
| May 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 25 min |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 23 min |
| May 2, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 22 min |
| May 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 32 min |
| May 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 50 min |
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 46 min |
| May 2, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 57 min |
| May 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 50 min |
| May 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 34 min |
| May 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 7, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 39 min |
| May 13, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale | 25 min |
| May 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 29 min |
| May 13, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 45 min |
| May 13, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 41 min |
| May 13, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 26 min |
| May 13, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Union | 37 min |
| May 13, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 44 min |
| May 13, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 41 min |
| May 13, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 43 min |
| May 13, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 40 min |
| May 13, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 47 min |
| May 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 29 min |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 27 min |
| May 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| May 13, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 28 min |
| May 13, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 37 min |
| May 13, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 42 min |
| May 13, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 13, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 54 min |
| May 17, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion | 27 min |
| May 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 34 min |
| May 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| May 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| May 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 26, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County7
- Wilson County6
- Overton County5
- Pickett County5
- Wayne County4
- Lawrence County4
- Giles County4
- Davidson County4
- Smith County4
- Warren County4
- Lincoln County4
- Putnam County4
- Van Buren County4
- Jackson County4
- Sullivan County4
- Maury County3
- Williamson County3
- Cannon County3
- DeKalb County3
- Coffee County3
- White County3
- Marion County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Robertson County3
- Sumner County3
- Anderson County3
- Knox County3
- Sevier County3
- Lewis County2
- Dickson County2
- Rutherford County2
- Grundy County2
- Cumberland County2
- Carter County2
- Johnson County2
- Hickman County2
- Roane County2
- Loudon County2
- Franklin County2
- Blount County2
41 more counties
- McMinn County2
- Monroe County2
- Hancock County2
- Hawkins County2
- Shelby County2
- Decatur County1
- Henderson County1
- Perry County1
- Henry County1
- Weakley County1
- Benton County1
- Houston County1
- Humphreys County1
- Stewart County1
- Montgomery County1
- Hardeman County1
- McNairy County1
- Hardin County1
- Bedford County1
- Marshall County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Meigs County1
- Rhea County1
- Jefferson County1
- Cocke County1
- Trousdale County1
- Fentress County1
- Morgan County1
- Scott County1
- Campbell County1
- Claiborne County1
- Grainger County1
- Union County1
- Cheatham County1
- Hamilton County1
- Bradley County1
- Polk County1
- Gibson County1
- Obion County1
- Macon County1
- Crockett 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.