Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2008
95 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 95
- Busiest day
- May 11, 200825 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 48 min |
| May 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Haywood, Madison | 25 min |
| May 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson, Madison | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 48 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 33 min |
| May 2, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| May 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson | 29 min |
| May 3, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 23 min |
| May 8, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 39 min |
| May 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 33 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox | 27 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Warren | 25 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 16 min |
| May 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 30 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Roane | 31 min |
| May 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 20 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 24 min |
| May 9, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane | 38 min |
| May 9, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 29 min |
| May 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 40 min |
| May 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 47 min |
| May 10, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 47 min |
| May 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 45 min |
| May 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 51 min |
| May 10, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 10, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 10, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 54 min |
| May 10, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 34 min |
| May 10, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 10, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 41 min |
| May 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 39 min |
| May 10, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 43 min |
| May 10, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 19 min |
| May 10, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 23 min |
| May 10, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 35 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Moore | 31 min |
| May 11, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 15 min |
| May 11, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 15 min |
| May 11, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| May 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 55 min |
| May 18, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie | 58 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 32 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more | 64 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 40 min |
| May 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 54 min |
| May 20, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 23 min |
| May 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 15 min |
| May 20, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 56 min |
| May 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 40 min |
| May 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 23 min |
| May 20, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 53 min |
| May 20, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Polk | 59 min |
| May 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 32 min |
| May 22, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 38 min |
| May 22, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 23, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 27 min |
| May 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 15 min |
| May 26, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 46 min |
| May 26, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Weakley | 46 min |
| May 26, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Madison | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 38 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 20 min |
| May 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 31, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 26 min |
| May 31, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 31, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Moore | 23 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County10
- Madison County9
- McNairy County7
- Monroe County7
- Hardin County6
- Wayne County6
- Fayette County6
- Chester County6
- McMinn County6
- Haywood County5
- Rhea County5
- Blount County5
- Meigs County5
- Bradley County5
- Hardeman County5
- Henderson County4
- Knox County4
- Coffee County4
- Sevier County4
- Warren County4
- Bledsoe County4
- Hamilton County4
- Tipton County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lincoln County4
- Polk County4
- Giles County3
- Roane County3
- Grundy County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Loudon County3
- Decatur County3
- Moore County3
- Franklin County3
- Greene County3
- Gibson County2
- Robertson County2
- Marshall County2
- Anderson County2
- Jefferson County2
31 more counties
- Fentress County2
- Pickett County2
- Putnam County2
- Lake County1
- Cheatham County1
- Dickson County1
- Houston County1
- Montgomery County1
- Sumner County1
- Maury County1
- Morgan County1
- Campbell County1
- Van Buren County1
- Perry County1
- Overton County1
- Hancock County1
- Hawkins County1
- Grainger County1
- Hamblen County1
- Cocke County1
- Marion County1
- Carter County1
- Unicoi County1
- Obion County1
- Carroll County1
- Weakley County1
- Rutherford County1
- Cannon County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Jackson County1
- Smith County1
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Sources
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