Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2009
151 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 151
- Busiest day
- May 15, 200948 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 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 36 min |
| May 1, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 27 min |
| May 1, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 23 min |
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 1, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 19 min |
| May 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 40 min |
| May 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 23 min |
| May 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 48 min |
| May 1, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, McNairy | 42 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 64 min |
| May 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 46 min |
| May 2, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 30 min |
| May 2, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 15 min |
| May 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 24 min |
| May 6, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 42 min |
| May 6, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 43 min |
| May 6, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 31 min |
| May 7, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 23 min |
| May 7, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 24 min |
| May 8, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren | 27 min |
| May 8, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 8, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier | 51 min |
| May 8, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 8, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 30 min |
| May 8, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 16 min |
| May 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 55 min |
| May 8, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 22 min |
| May 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 53 min |
| May 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 59 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| May 8, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 47 min |
| May 9, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion | 45 min |
| May 9, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 44 min |
| May 9, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley | 50 min |
| May 9, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 25 min |
| May 9, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 21 min |
| May 14, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 44 min |
| May 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 26 min |
| May 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 33 min |
| May 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 27 min |
| May 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 31 min |
| May 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane and 1 more | 38 min |
| May 14, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 6 more | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 6 more | 41 min |
| May 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 3 more | 40 min |
| May 15, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 36 min |
| May 15, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 26 min |
| May 15, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 63 min |
| May 15, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 23 min |
| May 15, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 21 min |
| May 15, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 55 min |
| May 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 37 min |
| May 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 15, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 15, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 30 min |
| May 15, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 32 min |
| May 15, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 11 min |
| May 15, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 18 min |
| May 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 34 min |
| May 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 54 min |
| May 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 65 min |
| May 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren | 31 min |
| May 15, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 28 min |
| May 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 26 min |
| May 15, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 28 min |
| May 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 48 min |
| May 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 48 min |
| May 15, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 28 min |
| May 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 34 min |
| May 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 54 min |
| May 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 68 min |
| May 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, McMinn, Roane | 60 min |
| May 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 44 min |
| May 15, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Union | 61 min |
| May 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 58 min |
| May 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 37 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 32 min |
| May 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Morgan, Roane | 44 min |
| May 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 15, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 30 min |
| May 15, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 19 min |
| May 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 48 min |
| May 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 22 min |
| May 15, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 12 min |
| May 16, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 41 min |
| May 16, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 51 min |
| May 16, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 26 min |
| May 16, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 56 min |
| May 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 26 min |
| May 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 29 min |
| May 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 25 min |
| May 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 22 min |
| May 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 29 min |
| May 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 32 min |
| May 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 46 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 18 min |
| May 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| May 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 40 min |
| May 27, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 31 min |
| May 27, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 23 min |
| May 27, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson | 33 min |
| May 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 31 min |
| May 28, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 28, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Polk | 49 min |
| May 28, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 18 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McMinn County13
- Knox County12
- Monroe County11
- Lincoln County10
- Roane County10
- Loudon County10
- Anderson County10
- Blount County9
- Wayne County8
- Hardin County8
- McNairy County8
- Davidson County8
- Morgan County8
- Dyer County8
- Maury County7
- Lewis County7
- Lawrence County7
- Franklin County7
- Meigs County7
- Hamilton County7
- Jackson County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Williamson County6
- Hardeman County6
- Sequatchie County6
- Rhea County6
- Robertson County6
- Sumner County6
- Campbell County6
- Sevier County6
- Bradley County6
- Pickett County6
- Overton County6
- Bledsoe County5
- Macon County5
- Rutherford County5
- Polk County5
- Fentress County5
- Obion County5
- Perry County4
47 more counties
- Scott County4
- Cannon County4
- Wilson County4
- Clay County4
- Gibson County4
- Smith County4
- Putnam County4
- Cheatham County3
- Dickson County3
- Hickman County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Stewart County3
- DeKalb County3
- Grainger County3
- Lake County3
- Trousdale County3
- Moore County2
- Benton County2
- Houston County2
- Humphreys County2
- Fayette County2
- Chester County2
- Marion County2
- Shelby County2
- Warren County2
- Hamblen County2
- Jefferson County2
- Union County2
- Crockett County2
- Weakley County2
- Grundy County2
- White County2
- Claiborne County2
- Bedford County1
- Marshall County1
- Haywood County1
- Carroll County1
- Henderson County1
- Henry County1
- Madison County1
- Coffee County1
- Van Buren County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hancock County1
- Decatur County1
- Tipton County1
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Sources
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