Tornado Warnings in Tennessee
3,417 tornado warnings since 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 3,417
- Busiest year
- 2011307 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 83over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Maury County150
- Williamson County147
- Franklin County142
- Rutherford County141
- Davidson County133
- Fayette County132
- Lincoln County128
- Hickman County124
- Wilson County121
- Sumner County120
- Hardin County119
- Bedford County117
- Giles County116
- Dyer County115
- Lawrence County112
- McNairy County112
- Hardeman County111
- Shelby County110
- Dickson County108
- Wayne County107
- Coffee County107
- Henderson County103
- Humphreys County102
- Montgomery County101
- Robertson County98
- Marshall County97
- Perry County94
- Lauderdale County93
- Gibson County92
- Carroll County91
- Madison County91
- Decatur County90
- Warren County89
- Haywood County86
- Lewis County85
- Obion County85
- Benton County84
- Cheatham County83
- Tipton County82
- Chester County80
55 more counties
- Cannon County74
- Stewart County73
- Henry County70
- Weakley County70
- Macon County69
- Overton County69
- Moore County69
- Smith County68
- Grundy County68
- Lake County67
- Hamilton County66
- DeKalb County65
- Knox County65
- Putnam County65
- Monroe County65
- Cumberland County65
- Crockett County64
- White County63
- Blount County63
- McMinn County62
- Houston County62
- Bradley County60
- Fentress County58
- Scott County57
- Marion County56
- Morgan County55
- Campbell County52
- Loudon County50
- Trousdale County49
- Van Buren County49
- Polk County48
- Bledsoe County48
- Anderson County46
- Clay County46
- Jackson County46
- Sequatchie County44
- Claiborne County44
- Sevier County42
- Roane County41
- Rhea County41
- Jefferson County38
- Meigs County36
- Hawkins County36
- Pickett County32
- Grainger County30
- Sullivan County30
- Hancock County28
- Greene County27
- Cocke County24
- Hamblen County23
- Union County22
- Washington County19
- Johnson County17
- Carter County14
- Unicoi County7
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Greene, Unicoi | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 51 min |
Nearby
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.