Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2021
65 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 65
- Busiest day
- May 4, 202133 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 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 37 min |
| May 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale | 35 min |
| May 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 47 min |
| May 4, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 23 min |
| May 4, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 50 min |
| May 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 41 min |
| May 4, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan, Roane | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 46 min |
| May 4, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 38 min |
| May 4, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 30 min |
| May 4, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 27 min |
| May 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 55 min |
| May 4, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| May 4, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 30 min |
| May 4, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner | 51 min |
| May 4, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 44 min |
| May 4, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 4, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 4, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren | 40 min |
| May 4, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 40 min |
| May 4, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 37 min |
| May 4, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 40 min |
| May 4, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 38 min |
| May 4, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 27 min |
| May 4, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 13 min |
| May 4, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 34 min |
| May 4, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 22 min |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 19 min |
| May 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 26 min |
| May 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 33 min |
| May 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more | 31 min |
| May 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson, Sumner | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 2 more | 40 min |
| May 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more | 36 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 60 min |
| May 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford and 4 more | 47 min |
| May 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Rutherford, Warren | 48 min |
| May 6, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 23 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| May 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 18 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 11 min |
| May 27, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 54 min |
| May 27, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| May 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 47 min |
| May 28, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Union | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 40 min |
| May 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Trousdale County7
- Cheatham County7
- Rutherford County7
- Clay County6
- Dickson County6
- Sumner County6
- Williamson County6
- Jackson County5
- Macon County5
- Roane County5
- Knox County5
- Houston County5
- Robertson County5
- Smith County5
- Wilson County5
- DeKalb County5
- Jefferson County5
- Overton County4
- Morgan County4
- Tipton County4
- Anderson County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Stewart County4
- Montgomery County4
- Hickman County4
- Perry County4
- Blount County4
- Davidson County4
- Putnam County4
- Bedford County4
- Coffee County4
- Warren County4
- Lawrence County4
- Maury County4
- Cocke County3
- Greene County3
- Cumberland County3
- Dyer County3
- Pickett County3
- Carroll County3
42 more counties
- Humphreys County3
- Henderson County3
- Sevier County3
- White County3
- Cannon County3
- Lincoln County3
- Shelby County3
- Giles County3
- Lewis County3
- Marshall County3
- Wayne County3
- Grainger County3
- Chester County3
- Obion County2
- Weakley County2
- Benton County2
- Henry County2
- Decatur County2
- Fentress County2
- Moore County2
- Grundy County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Rhea County2
- Hardeman County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamblen County2
- Union County2
- McNairy County2
- Hawkins County2
- Lake County1
- Crockett County1
- Gibson County1
- Van Buren County1
- Loudon County1
- Monroe County1
- Fayette County1
- Marion County1
- Claiborne County1
- Madison County1
- Hardin County1
- Carter County1
- Johnson 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. Rebuilt daily.