Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, August 2003
145 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 145
- Busiest day
- August 23, 200332 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 2, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale, Wilson | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox, Loudon | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, White | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, White | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 16 min |
| Aug 5, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Monroe, Roane | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Monroe | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 68 min |
| Aug 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 17 min |
| Aug 20, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, White | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 54 min |
| Aug 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson and 1 more | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury and 1 more | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Moore | 14 min |
| Aug 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Roane County6
- Loudon County6
- Davidson County6
- McNairy County5
- Wilson County5
- Campbell County5
- Sumner County5
- Putnam County5
- Monroe County5
- Bedford County5
- Knox County4
- Shelby County4
- Hamilton County4
- Rhea County4
- Greene County4
- Anderson County4
- Washington County4
- Rutherford County4
- Morgan County4
- Benton County4
- Hancock County4
- Henry County4
- Trousdale County3
- Cocke County3
- Meigs County3
- Sullivan County3
- Hickman County3
- Perry County3
- Williamson County3
- Wayne County3
- Cannon County3
- Jackson County3
- Overton County3
- White County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fentress County3
- Maury County3
- Robertson County3
- Carroll County3
- Giles County3
45 more counties
- Lawrence County3
- Blount County2
- Sevier County2
- Scott County2
- McMinn County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Tipton County2
- Decatur County2
- Cheatham County2
- Smith County2
- DeKalb County2
- Dyer County2
- Carter County2
- Hawkins County2
- Marshall County2
- Lincoln County2
- Moore County2
- Humphreys County2
- Franklin County2
- Henderson County2
- Fayette County2
- Dickson County1
- Haywood County1
- Lewis County1
- Johnson County1
- Claiborne County1
- Grainger County1
- Hamblen County1
- Stewart County1
- Montgomery County1
- Macon County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Coffee County1
- Grundy County1
- Warren County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Weakley County1
- Obion County1
- Crockett County1
- Gibson County1
- Madison County1
- Bradley County1
- Chester County1
- Hardin County1
- Hardeman County1
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Sources
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