Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2022
111 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 111
- Busiest day
- May 6, 202243 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 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 25 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 43 min |
| May 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 3, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 20 min |
| May 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 55 min |
| May 5, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 28 min |
| May 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 46 min |
| May 6, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Sevier | 48 min |
| May 6, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 38 min |
| May 6, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Roane | 49 min |
| May 6, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 43 min |
| May 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 26 min |
| May 6, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 33 min |
| May 6, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| May 6, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox | 39 min |
| May 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| May 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 15 min |
| May 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 20 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Wilson | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 21 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 47 min |
| May 6, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, McMinn, Monroe | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 45 min |
| May 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 6, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan, Scott | 41 min |
| May 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 33 min |
| May 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 45 min |
| May 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Sullivan, Washington | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Union | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| May 6, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 37 min |
| May 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 48 min |
| May 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 49 min |
| May 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 49 min |
| May 6, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 46 min |
| May 13, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 24 min |
| May 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 8 min |
| May 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 42 min |
| May 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 36 min |
| May 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 29 min |
| May 14, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 39 min |
| May 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton | 35 min |
| May 18, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 44 min |
| May 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 23 min |
| May 19, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 37 min |
| May 19, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 31 min |
| May 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan | 25 min |
| May 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| May 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 38 min |
| May 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 38 min |
| May 19, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 38 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 50 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 42 min |
| May 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan, Washington | 29 min |
| May 21, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 29 min |
| May 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 20 min |
| May 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 50 min |
| May 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Washington | 27 min |
| May 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 40 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Washington | 38 min |
| May 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 21 min |
| May 21, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 38 min |
| May 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 45 min |
| May 21, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| May 21, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 18 min |
| May 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 24 min |
| May 21, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 37 min |
| May 21, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 59 min |
| May 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 54 min |
| May 21, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 13 min |
| May 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 10 min |
| May 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| May 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 13 min |
| May 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 52 min |
| May 25, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 37 min |
| May 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 27 min |
| May 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 22 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County15
- Hawkins County14
- Sullivan County14
- Greene County11
- Washington County11
- Lauderdale County9
- Claiborne County8
- Knox County7
- Tipton County7
- Obion County6
- Blount County6
- Sevier County6
- Grainger County6
- Jefferson County6
- Cocke County6
- Carter County6
- Haywood County6
- McNairy County5
- Lake County5
- Monroe County5
- Rutherford County5
- Hamblen County5
- Loudon County5
- Anderson County5
- Wilson County5
- Dyer County5
- Lawrence County5
- Hardin County4
- Hickman County4
- Union County4
- McMinn County4
- Johnson County4
- Shelby County4
- Fayette County4
- Giles County4
- Maury County4
- Henderson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Clay County3
- Smith County3
42 more counties
- Marshall County3
- Fentress County3
- Overton County3
- Pickett County3
- Scott County3
- Roane County3
- Williamson County3
- Campbell County3
- Unicoi County3
- Crockett County3
- Gibson County3
- Henry County3
- Weakley County3
- Lewis County3
- Chester County2
- Madison County2
- Decatur County2
- Jackson County2
- Trousdale County2
- Cumberland County2
- Putnam County2
- White County2
- Davidson County2
- DeKalb County2
- Meigs County2
- Sumner County2
- Hardeman County2
- Benton County2
- Wayne County2
- Polk County1
- Perry County1
- Macon County1
- Bedford County1
- Marion County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Moore County1
- Rhea County1
- Bradley County1
- Hamilton County1
- Morgan County1
- Stewart County1
- Carroll County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20212023
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.