Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, August 2026
95 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026. 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 95
- Busiest day
- August 17, 202635 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Polk | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 3 more | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Union | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Knox, Union | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson, Knox | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Sevier | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 20 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Sevier | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Sevier | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi, Washington | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 21 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry, Weakley | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Roane | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 15 min |
| Aug 20, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 14 min |
| Aug 26, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sullivan County13
- Washington County8
- Hawkins County8
- Hancock County7
- Greene County7
- Cocke County7
- Blount County6
- Loudon County6
- Monroe County6
- Carter County6
- Anderson County6
- Knox County6
- Hamilton County5
- McMinn County5
- Fentress County5
- Overton County5
- Franklin County5
- Lincoln County5
- Johnson County5
- Grainger County5
- Roane County5
- Shelby County5
- Giles County5
- Bradley County4
- Moore County4
- Claiborne County4
- Union County4
- Meigs County4
- Henry County4
- Weakley County4
- Pickett County3
- Hardin County3
- McNairy County3
- Unicoi County3
- Hamblen County3
- Jefferson County3
- Rhea County3
- Sevier County3
- Benton County3
- Houston County3
42 more counties
- Obion County3
- Wayne County3
- Lawrence County3
- Fayette County3
- Putnam County3
- Polk County2
- Clay County2
- Rutherford County2
- Williamson County2
- Maury County2
- Campbell County2
- Scott County2
- Coffee County2
- Warren County2
- Grundy County2
- Van Buren County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Sequatchie County2
- Morgan County2
- Marshall County2
- Marion County2
- Stewart County2
- Gibson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Dyer County2
- Lake County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Cumberland County2
- Davidson County1
- Hickman County1
- Lewis County1
- Cannon County1
- White County1
- Carroll County1
- Cheatham County1
- Dickson County1
- Robertson County1
- Crockett County1
- Madison County1
- Tipton County1
- Jackson County1
- Hardeman 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.