Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2017
98 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 98
- Busiest day
- May 28, 201746 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union | 43 min |
| May 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 15 min |
| May 11, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 41 min |
| May 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 27 min |
| May 11, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 22 min |
| May 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 29 min |
| May 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 21 min |
| May 19, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 22 min |
| May 20, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 22 min |
| May 20, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 23 min |
| May 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 34 min |
| May 20, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 23 min |
| May 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 28 min |
| May 20, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 31 min |
| May 24, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 24, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 57 min |
| May 24, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 36 min |
| May 24, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 59 min |
| May 24, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 66 min |
| May 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 12 min |
| May 27, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| May 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 11 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 27 min |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 37 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 1 more | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 17 min |
| May 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 2 more | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 23 min |
| May 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White | 36 min |
| May 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Madison | 18 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 2 more | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith and 2 more | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 52 min |
| May 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| May 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie | 65 min |
| May 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 19 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 18 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Knox, Union | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Marion and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 18 min |
| May 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 31 min |
| May 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 17 min |
| May 27, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 37 min |
| May 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier | 59 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 55 min |
| May 27, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 27, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 50 min |
| May 27, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 66 min |
| May 27, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| May 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Hamblen | 31 min |
| May 27, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 27, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 41 min |
| May 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby | 54 min |
| May 27, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi, Washington | 31 min |
| May 27, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheatham County13
- Dickson County12
- Davidson County12
- Dyer County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Williamson County9
- Smith County9
- Gibson County8
- Madison County8
- Wilson County8
- Putnam County8
- Montgomery County7
- Robertson County7
- Humphreys County7
- Hickman County6
- Cumberland County6
- Houston County6
- Crockett County5
- Carroll County5
- Henderson County5
- Macon County5
- Clay County5
- DeKalb County5
- Henry County5
- Obion County5
- Sullivan County4
- Lake County4
- Cocke County4
- Trousdale County4
- Jackson County4
- White County4
- Stewart County4
- Weakley County4
- Maury County4
- Marshall County4
- Haywood County4
- Hamblen County3
- Jefferson County3
- Union County3
- Hancock County3
50 more counties
- Hawkins County3
- Anderson County3
- Campbell County3
- Greene County3
- Lincoln County3
- Marion County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Carter County3
- Benton County3
- Sumner County3
- Rutherford County3
- Overton County3
- Decatur County3
- Franklin County3
- Fayette County3
- Hardeman County3
- Claiborne County2
- Grainger County2
- Johnson County2
- Hamilton County2
- Bradley County2
- Polk County2
- Blount County2
- Sevier County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Fentress County2
- Pickett County2
- Cannon County2
- Van Buren County2
- Warren County2
- Morgan County2
- Roane County2
- Giles County2
- Bedford County2
- Moore County2
- Shelby County2
- Chester County2
- Hardin County2
- McNairy County2
- Bledsoe County1
- Rhea County1
- Scott County1
- Lewis County1
- Knox County1
- Loudon County1
- McMinn County1
- Meigs County1
- Monroe County1
- Tipton 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.