Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2016
54 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 54
- Busiest month
- November21 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 30, 201621 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Feb 2, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 10, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 16 min |
| Nov 29, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 22 min |
| Nov 29, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 10:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 10:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 12 min |
| Nov 29, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 24 min |
| Nov 29, 11:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 1:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 2:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 11 min |
| Nov 30, 2:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 10 min |
| Dec 17, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 14 min |
| Dec 17, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 8 min |
| Dec 18, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Giles County7
- Lincoln County5
- Franklin County5
- Lawrence County4
- Hamilton County4
- Bradley County4
- Henderson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Maury County3
- Coffee County3
- Warren County3
- McMinn County3
- Monroe County3
- Blount County3
- Madison County2
- Houston County2
- Wayne County2
- Tipton County2
- Decatur County2
- Hardin County2
- Perry County2
- Hickman County2
- Lewis County2
- Marshall County2
- Cumberland County2
- Bedford County2
- Marion County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Loudon County2
- Polk County2
- Chester County1
- Humphreys County1
- Dickson County1
- Shelby County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Clay County1
- Overton County1
- Fentress County1
- Moore County1
- Grundy County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.