Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, May 2023

46 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
46
Busiest day
May 16, 202317 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley51 min
May 7, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Henry40 min
May 7, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene, Hamblen51 min
May 7, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Knox48 min
May 7, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson41 min
May 7, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Henry39 min
May 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery30 min
May 7, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys32 min
May 7, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys24 min
May 7, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson18 min
May 7, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe50 min
May 7, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion41 min
May 9, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale19 min
May 9, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton25 min
May 9, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon11 min
May 9, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett34 min
May 9, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier34 min
May 9, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union33 min
May 10, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton33 min
May 10, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison30 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln36 min
May 11, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby48 min
May 11, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton39 min
May 15, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Madison31 min
May 15, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson, Madison21 min
May 16, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union42 min
May 16, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Jefferson, Knox35 min
May 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Union40 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox37 min
May 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Union28 min
May 16, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson, Sevier51 min
May 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union49 min
May 16, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson, Sullivan57 min
May 16, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln34 min
May 16, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Roane45 min
May 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson16 min
May 16, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk48 min
May 16, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln37 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington24 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier45 min
May 16, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin17 min
May 16, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Unicoi, Washington48 min
May 18, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln47 min
May 18, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore34 min
May 18, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford27 min
May 27, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Haywood, Madison31 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

17 more counties

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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.