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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2013
75 tornado warnings in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 75
- Busiest month
- January33 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- January 30, 201329 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 13, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 33 min |
| Jan 13, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 30 min |
| Jan 30, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 27 min |
| Jan 30, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 25 min |
| Jan 30, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 38 min |
| Jan 30, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 30, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 2:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 3:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 25 min |
| Jan 30, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 3:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 33 min |
| Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 4:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 36 min |
| Jan 30, 4:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 4:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith and 1 more | 27 min |
| Jan 30, 4:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marshall | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 4:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jan 30, 5:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 6:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 29 min |
| May 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 26 min |
| May 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 23 min |
| Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Greene | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 38 min |
| Oct 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 50 min |
| Oct 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 38 min |
| Dec 21, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 41 min |
| Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 39 min |
| Dec 21, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 33 min |
| Dec 21, 8:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Sumner, Williamson | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Dec 21, 9:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Dec 21, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 22 min |
| Dec 21, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 33 min |
| Dec 21, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Dec 21, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Smith | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rutherford County12
- Sumner County10
- Bedford County9
- Williamson County9
- Wilson County9
- Dickson County9
- Cheatham County8
- Davidson County8
- Maury County7
- Marshall County7
- Cannon County7
- Montgomery County7
- Robertson County6
- Smith County6
- Hickman County5
- Fayette County4
- Hardeman County4
- Humphreys County4
- Coffee County4
- Haywood County4
- Grundy County3
- Chester County3
- Perry County3
- Lewis County3
- Trousdale County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Warren County3
- Obion County3
- Decatur County2
- Henderson County2
- Hardin County2
- McNairy County2
- Benton County2
- Macon County2
- Giles County2
- Clay County2
- Overton County2
- Lincoln County2
- Sequatchie County2
27 more counties
- Madison County2
- Cocke County2
- Jefferson County2
- Sevier County2
- Dyer County2
- Weakley County2
- Stewart County2
- Carroll County1
- Lawrence County1
- Wayne County1
- Putnam County1
- White County1
- Van Buren County1
- Bledsoe County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Tipton County1
- Shelby County1
- Grainger County1
- Knox County1
- Greene County1
- Claiborne County1
- Hancock County1
- Crockett County1
- Henry County1
- Houston 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.