Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1997
101 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 101
- Busiest month
- March50 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 29, 199724 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 30 min |
| Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 57 min |
| Jan 24, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 53 min |
| Jan 24, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 65 min |
| Jan 24, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson | 39 min |
| Jan 24, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam | 54 min |
| Jan 24, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam, White | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 1:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 1:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 2:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 2:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 2:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 3:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Decatur | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 3:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 4:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 7:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 7:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 7:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 8:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 11:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 5:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 5:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 59 min |
| Mar 5, 9:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell | 37 min |
| Mar 5, 10:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Decatur | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Wilson | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 9:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 11:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 12:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 1:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 1:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley | 13 min |
| Apr 21, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 52 min |
| May 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 53 min |
| May 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley | 51 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Lincoln, Moore | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hancock | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sevier | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 48 min |
| Nov 1, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumner County7
- Davidson County6
- Williamson County5
- Franklin County5
- Decatur County5
- Lincoln County5
- Wilson County4
- Robertson County4
- Macon County3
- Hickman County3
- Maury County3
- Rutherford County3
- Jackson County3
- Putnam County3
- Wayne County3
- Lawrence County3
- Hardin County3
- Benton County3
- Coffee County3
- Bradley County3
- Bedford County3
- Hawkins County3
- Smith County2
- DeKalb County2
- Overton County2
- Humphreys County2
- Gibson County2
- Campbell County2
- Grundy County2
- Moore County2
- Jefferson County2
- Cannon County1
- White County1
- Lewis County1
- Perry County1
- Crockett County1
- Dyer County1
- Henry County1
- Weakley County1
- Stewart County1
28 more counties
- Blount County1
- Monroe County1
- Anderson County1
- Morgan County1
- Scott County1
- Dickson County1
- McNairy County1
- Cheatham County1
- Giles County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Knox County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Polk County1
- McMinn County1
- Marshall County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lake County1
- Haywood County1
- Madison County1
- Tipton County1
- Marion County1
- Claiborne County1
- Grainger County1
- Hancock County1
- Hamblen County1
- Houston County1
- Sevier County1
- Montgomery County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.