Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, May 2008
22 tornado warnings in May 2008. 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- May 2, 200810 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 39 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| May 2, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 21 min |
| May 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 30 min |
| May 2, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 30 min |
| May 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| May 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 25 min |
| May 2, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 36 min |
| May 8, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 21 min |
| May 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 48 min |
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 10, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 min |
| May 10, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 10, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lauderdale County6
- Tipton County4
- Giles County4
- Dyer County3
- Haywood County3
- Lawrence County3
- Wayne County3
- Obion County2
- Carroll County2
- Henderson County2
- Benton County2
- Humphreys County2
- Dickson County2
- Houston County2
- Lake County1
- Madison County1
- Crockett County1
- Gibson County1
- Hardin County1
- Cheatham County1
- Montgomery County1
- Robertson County1
- Stewart County1
- Bradley County1
- Polk County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.