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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2009
182 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 182
- Busiest month
- April66 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 10, 200952 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 14 min |
| Feb 11, 12:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 26 min |
| Feb 18, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, McMinn, Monroe | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 11:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson, Wilson | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Pickett | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 22 min |
| May 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 25 min |
| May 1, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 3, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 6, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 28 min |
| May 8, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 44 min |
| May 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 31 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 45 min |
| May 8, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 22 min |
| May 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 51 min |
| May 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Pickett | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, McMinn, Monroe | 62 min |
| May 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 28 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 16 min |
| May 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Union | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Union | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 64 min |
| May 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 26 min |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Pickett | 18 min |
| Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Henderson, Madison | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 15 min |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 24 min |
| Oct 9, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 23 min |
| Oct 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 33 min |
| Oct 9, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Roane | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Sequatchie | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Roane | 65 min |
| Oct 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 54 min |
| Oct 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County12
- Maury County12
- Wayne County12
- Coffee County11
- Robertson County11
- Marshall County10
- Warren County10
- Davidson County10
- Giles County10
- Lawrence County10
- Bedford County9
- Cheatham County8
- Sumner County8
- Dyer County8
- Monroe County7
- Williamson County7
- Macon County7
- Rutherford County7
- Overton County7
- Crockett County7
- Fayette County7
- Cumberland County6
- Fentress County6
- Putnam County6
- McMinn County6
- Stewart County6
- Lincoln County6
- Cannon County5
- DeKalb County5
- Blount County5
- White County5
- Roane County5
- Grundy County5
- Van Buren County5
- Carroll County5
- Hardin County5
- Pickett County5
- Grainger County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Shelby County5
54 more counties
- Haywood County5
- Henderson County5
- Loudon County4
- Franklin County4
- Decatur County4
- Perry County4
- Wilson County4
- Clay County4
- Bledsoe County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Hamilton County4
- Knox County4
- Claiborne County4
- Morgan County3
- Dickson County3
- Benton County3
- Houston County3
- McNairy County3
- Lewis County3
- Moore County3
- Marion County3
- Bradley County3
- Meigs County3
- Rhea County3
- Hancock County3
- Campbell County3
- Union County3
- Greene County3
- Hamblen County3
- Hawkins County3
- Washington County3
- Gibson County3
- Hardeman County3
- Hickman County2
- Obion County2
- Humphreys County2
- Smith County2
- Anderson County2
- Scott County2
- Sullivan County2
- Johnson County2
- Chester County2
- Madison County2
- Jefferson County2
- Sevier County2
- Henry County1
- Trousdale County1
- Jackson County1
- Polk County1
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Unicoi County1
- Tipton County1
- Weakley 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.