Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2018
77 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 77
- Busiest day
- May 19, 201822 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 5, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 38 min |
| May 5, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 22 min |
| May 5, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| May 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 38 min |
| May 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 57 min |
| May 10, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 43 min |
| May 15, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 32 min |
| May 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 29 min |
| May 16, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 48 min |
| May 16, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 36 min |
| May 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Knox, Sevier | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 26 min |
| May 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner | 23 min |
| May 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 37 min |
| May 19, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 19, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 19, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 42 min |
| May 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 44 min |
| May 19, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 42 min |
| May 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| May 19, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 43 min |
| May 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 47 min |
| May 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 38 min |
| May 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 53 min |
| May 19, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 24 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 20, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 34 min |
| May 20, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 27 min |
| May 20, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 23 min |
| May 20, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 28 min |
| May 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 47 min |
| May 20, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 26 min |
| May 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 23 min |
| May 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 29 min |
| May 20, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 30 min |
| May 20, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 24 min |
| May 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 37 min |
| May 20, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 25 min |
| May 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 32 min |
| May 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 20, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 14 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 49 min |
| May 30, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 36 min |
| May 31, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 17 min |
| May 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 24 min |
| May 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| May 31, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 58 min |
| May 31, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 54 min |
| May 31, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox | 31 min |
| May 31, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson | 48 min |
| May 31, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tipton County9
- Robertson County8
- Lauderdale County7
- Hardeman County6
- Macon County6
- Sumner County6
- Dyer County6
- Montgomery County5
- Jefferson County5
- Grainger County5
- McNairy County5
- Fayette County4
- Shelby County4
- Hamblen County4
- Coffee County3
- Greene County3
- Knox County3
- Putnam County3
- Madison County3
- Lake County3
- Obion County3
- Davidson County3
- Dickson County3
- Jackson County3
- Smith County3
- Warren County2
- Hancock County2
- Hawkins County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Sevier County2
- Chester County2
- Anderson County2
- DeKalb County2
- White County2
- Haywood County2
- Gibson County2
- Weakley County2
- Henry County2
- Trousdale County2
35 more counties
- Clay County2
- Scott County2
- Campbell County2
- Fentress County1
- Overton County1
- Pickett County1
- Johnson County1
- Sullivan County1
- Perry County1
- Claiborne County1
- Blount County1
- Crockett County1
- Benton County1
- Carroll County1
- Grundy County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Hamilton County1
- Rhea County1
- Giles County1
- Maury County1
- Franklin County1
- Moore County1
- Hickman County1
- Williamson County1
- Houston County1
- Humphreys County1
- Wayne County1
- Loudon County1
- Roane County1
- Wilson County1
- Cumberland County1
- Van Buren County1
- Morgan County1
- Union County1
- Cocke 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.