Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1989
24 tornado warnings in 1989. 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 in 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 24
- Busiest month
- April8 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 4, 19898 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 45 min |
| May 20, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 55 min |
| May 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Decatur | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County5
- Tipton County3
- Fayette County3
- Lauderdale County2
- Haywood County2
- Rutherford County2
- Wilson County2
- White County2
- Lewis County1
- Maury County1
- Cannon County1
- DeKalb County1
- Giles County1
- Lawrence County1
- Knox County1
- Polk County1
- Dyer County1
- Carroll County1
- Henderson County1
- Madison County1
- Hardeman County1
- Benton County1
- Decatur County1
- Warren County1
- Coffee County1
- Franklin County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19881990
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.