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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 51 min |
| May 7, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 40 min |
| May 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen | 51 min |
| May 7, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 39 min |
| May 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 24 min |
| May 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 18 min |
| May 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 9, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 19 min |
| May 9, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 25 min |
| May 9, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 11 min |
| May 9, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union | 33 min |
| May 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 30 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 11, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Madison | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 21 min |
| May 16, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union | 42 min |
| May 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson, Knox | 35 min |
| May 16, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Union | 40 min |
| May 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 37 min |
| May 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Union | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 51 min |
| May 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union | 49 min |
| May 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 57 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Roane | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson | 16 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 24 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 17 min |
| May 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi, Washington | 48 min |
| May 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 34 min |
| May 18, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County8
- Jefferson County8
- Hamblen County5
- Anderson County5
- Grainger County5
- Union County5
- Lincoln County5
- Cocke County4
- Sevier County4
- Madison County4
- Henry County3
- Greene County3
- Houston County3
- Tipton County3
- Blount County3
- Roane County3
- Franklin County3
- Benton County2
- Campbell County2
- Dickson County2
- Humphreys County2
- Rutherford County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Chester County2
- Hardeman County2
- Shelby County2
- Carter County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Weakley County1
- Cheatham County1
- Montgomery County1
- Davidson County1
- Williamson County1
- Wilson County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Marion County1
- Crockett County1
- Dyer County1
- Macon 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.