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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2003
184 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 184
- Busiest month
- May149 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 5, 200391 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 7:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 11:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 17 min |
| Mar 19, 12:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 12:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 14 min |
| Mar 19, 1:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 14 min |
| Mar 19, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Weakley | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| May 1, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 63 min |
| May 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 65 min |
| May 4, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 27 min |
| May 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 55 min |
| May 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 37 min |
| May 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 12 min |
| May 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 31 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 32 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 47 min |
| May 4, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 46 min |
| May 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 16 min |
| May 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 40 min |
| May 4, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 43 min |
| May 4, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| May 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 63 min |
| May 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 30 min |
| May 5, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 44 min |
| May 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 25 min |
| May 5, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 38 min |
| May 5, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 39 min |
| May 5, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 56 min |
| May 5, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 24 min |
| May 5, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 35 min |
| May 5, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 28 min |
| May 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 31 min |
| May 5, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 40 min |
| May 5, 2:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 24 min |
| May 5, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 41 min |
| May 5, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 14 min |
| May 5, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 63 min |
| May 5, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 5, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Marshall, Moore | 44 min |
| May 5, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 41 min |
| May 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Grundy | 59 min |
| May 5, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 50 min |
| May 5, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 25 min |
| May 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 64 min |
| May 5, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 40 min |
| May 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 34 min |
| May 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 29 min |
| May 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 47 min |
| May 5, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 41 min |
| May 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 42 min |
| May 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 36 min |
| May 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 34 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 30 min |
| May 5, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 5, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 44 min |
| May 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 52 min |
| May 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 51 min |
| May 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| May 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 21 min |
| May 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 20 min |
| May 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 20 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Grundy | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 33 min |
| May 5, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 56 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 29 min |
| May 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| May 6, 4:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 6, 5:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Marshall | 39 min |
| May 6, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Moore | 37 min |
| May 6, 5:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 6, 6:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Moore | 32 min |
| May 6, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Moore | 29 min |
| May 6, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 34 min |
| May 6, 8:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 28 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| May 7, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| May 7, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 40 min |
| May 7, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 29 min |
| May 7, 6:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 43 min |
| May 7, 6:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Williamson | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Wilson | 25 min |
| May 8, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 60 min |
| May 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 60 min |
| May 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 64 min |
| May 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 11 min |
| May 11, 2:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 28 min |
| May 11, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 24 min |
| May 11, 3:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 28 min |
| May 11, 3:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 29 min |
| May 11, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 22 min |
| May 11, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 17 min |
| May 15, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 13 min |
| May 15, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 28 min |
| May 15, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson | 66 min |
| May 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 27 min |
| May 15, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount | 55 min |
| May 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 37 min |
| May 15, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sevier | 51 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount | 32 min |
| May 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon | 36 min |
| May 15, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| May 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 63 min |
| May 16, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 63 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 57 min |
| May 17, 11:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Nov 18, 8:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dyer County11
- Lincoln County10
- Gibson County9
- Bedford County8
- Rutherford County8
- Giles County8
- Warren County7
- Sumner County7
- Weakley County7
- Williamson County7
- Lawrence County7
- Grundy County7
- Marshall County6
- Cannon County6
- Coffee County6
- Putnam County6
- Robertson County6
- Henry County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Perry County6
- Moore County6
- DeKalb County5
- Overton County5
- Fentress County5
- Fayette County5
- Carroll County5
- Haywood County5
- Montgomery County5
- Wilson County5
- Franklin County5
- Stewart County4
- Madison County4
- Hickman County4
- White County3
- Pickett County3
- Davidson County3
- Obion County3
- Henderson County3
- Decatur County3
- Maury County3
27 more counties
- Hardin County3
- Crockett County3
- Tipton County3
- Wayne County3
- Van Buren County2
- Marion County2
- Scott County2
- Lake County2
- Benton County2
- Hardeman County2
- McNairy County2
- Cheatham County2
- Lewis County2
- Macon County2
- Shelby County2
- Morgan County2
- Knox County2
- Blount County2
- Monroe County2
- Humphreys County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Chester County1
- Smith County1
- Trousdale County1
- Anderson County1
- Sevier County1
- Loudon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.