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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2002

107 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
107
Busiest month
November66 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 10, 200234 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry51 min
Mar 29, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson27 min
Mar 29, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner28 min
Mar 29, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon31 min
Mar 29, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb23 min
Mar 29, 9:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall31 min
Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake27 min
Apr 24, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer29 min
Apr 28, 2:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake29 min
Apr 28, 2:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGObion33 min
Apr 28, 3:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGWeakley46 min
Apr 28, 3:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer52 min
Apr 28, 3:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry41 min
Apr 28, 3:56 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson49 min
Apr 28, 4:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll47 min
Apr 28, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery35 min
Apr 28, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys32 min
Apr 28, 6:02 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson43 min
Apr 28, 7:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford29 min
Apr 28, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford34 min
Apr 28, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXCampbell, Union42 min
Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox51 min
Apr 28, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXSevier41 min
Apr 28, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren30 min
Apr 28, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury41 min
Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren35 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall24 min
Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Moore35 min
Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne29 min
Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln23 min
Apr 28, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXGreene, Hawkins51 min
Apr 28, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence27 min
Apr 28, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence27 min
Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence32 min
Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys22 min
Apr 30, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry40 min
May 1, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury22 min
May 1, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall35 min
May 1, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Moore28 min
May 1, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXFranklin30 min
Jul 10, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson34 min
Nov 9, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood49 min
Nov 9, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTipton30 min
Nov 9, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGGibson33 min
Nov 9, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Madison37 min
Nov 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton34 min
Nov 9, 10:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton41 min
Nov 9, 10:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll37 min
Nov 9, 11:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Madison36 min
Nov 9, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion33 min
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett21 min
Nov 9, 11:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Madison36 min
Nov 10, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery63 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson, Madison23 min
Nov 10, 12:39 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson51 min
Nov 10, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry58 min
Nov 10, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson34 min
Nov 10, 1:50 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner40 min
Nov 10, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson26 min
Nov 10, 3:11 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson59 min
Nov 10, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilson64 min
Nov 10, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale48 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith64 min
Nov 10, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPutnam37 min
Nov 10, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence50 min
Nov 10, 4:16 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury59 min
Nov 10, 4:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXOverton40 min
Nov 10, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee45 min
Nov 10, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall35 min
Nov 10, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll34 min
Nov 10, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan, Scott49 min
Nov 10, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles51 min
Nov 10, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXCampbell43 min
Nov 10, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren43 min
Nov 10, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Madison41 min
Nov 10, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee29 min
Nov 10, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn43 min
Nov 10, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne48 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe44 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox50 min
Nov 10, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe33 min
Nov 10, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXSevier40 min
Nov 10, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan48 min
Nov 10, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren30 min
Nov 10, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXRoane41 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXJefferson35 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren31 min
Nov 10, 7:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson28 min
Nov 10, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXKnox, Union60 min
Nov 10, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXCocke27 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson36 min
Nov 10, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren28 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Claiborne47 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXGrainger47 min
Nov 10, 8:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland28 min
Nov 10, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan40 min
Nov 10, 8:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell39 min
Nov 10, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXRoane22 min
Nov 10, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne, Union46 min
Nov 10, 9:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins40 min
Nov 10, 9:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan, Roane35 min
Nov 10, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson39 min
Nov 10, 9:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, White28 min
Nov 10, 9:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan38 min
Nov 10, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHancock49 min
Nov 10, 9:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXUnion44 min
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne, Hancock40 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

28 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 10, 200234tornado warnings
  2. November 11, 200232tornado warnings
  3. April 28, 200225tornado warnings
  4. May 1, 20027tornado warnings
  5. March 30, 20025tornado warnings
  6. April 25, 20022tornado warnings
  7. February 1, 20021tornado warnings
  8. July 10, 20021tornado warnings

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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.