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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2017

81 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
81
Busiest month
March33 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 31, 201717 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion, Weakley23 min
Feb 28, 11:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart23 min
Mar 1, 4:24 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Tipton51 min
Mar 1, 4:43 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton47 min
Mar 1, 7:03 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson27 min
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Wilson32 min
Mar 1, 7:49 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Macon26 min
Mar 1, 7:52 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith23 min
Mar 1, 8:12 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam33 min
Mar 9, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson24 min
Mar 9, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Mar 9, 10:18 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry27 min
Mar 9, 10:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDecatur26 min
Mar 9, 11:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson23 min
Mar 9, 11:31 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall29 min
Mar 9, 11:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Rutherford33 min
Mar 9, 11:44 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford31 min
Mar 9, 11:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren20 min
Mar 21, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin12 min
Mar 27, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy39 min
Mar 27, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy20 min
Mar 27, 2:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGHardin, McNairy21 min
Mar 27, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale16 min
Mar 27, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Henderson, Madison47 min
Mar 27, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton23 min
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson40 min
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur15 min
Mar 27, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne25 min
Mar 27, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry28 min
Mar 27, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy54 min
Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury32 min
Mar 27, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne32 min
Mar 27, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne31 min
Apr 5, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee27 min
Apr 5, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy, Van Buren, Warren36 min
Apr 5, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPutnam21 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXOverton, Putnam18 min
Apr 21, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford28 min
Apr 22, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne24 min
Apr 22, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence23 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXGiles34 min
Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion48 min
Apr 30, 8:56 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale23 min
Apr 30, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie31 min
May 12, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan25 min
May 27, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPutnam, White33 min
May 27, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPutnam, White16 min
May 27, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland13 min
May 27, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam35 min
May 27, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, White21 min
May 27, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland30 min
May 27, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry, Weakley11 min
May 27, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson13 min
Jul 5, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys27 min
Aug 31, 12:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette44 min
Aug 31, 12:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman42 min
Aug 31, 12:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman47 min
Aug 31, 12:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby41 min
Aug 31, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman41 min
Aug 31, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy43 min
Aug 31, 3:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGHardin, McNairy32 min
Aug 31, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur52 min
Aug 31, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, McNairy25 min
Aug 31, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman16 min
Aug 31, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne21 min
Aug 31, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry19 min
Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury32 min
Aug 31, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Maury32 min
Aug 31, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury31 min
Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson33 min
Aug 31, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson16 min
Aug 31, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson25 min
Aug 31, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury30 min
Aug 31, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson9 min
Oct 7, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry, Weakley22 min
Oct 7, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry16 min
Nov 18, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys36 min
Nov 18, 4:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Wilson21 min
Nov 18, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale11 min
Nov 18, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford15 min
Nov 18, 5:41 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb10 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

21 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 31, 201717tornado warnings
  2. March 27, 201713tornado warnings
  3. March 1, 20179tornado warnings
  4. March 10, 20179tornado warnings
  5. May 28, 20176tornado warnings
  6. November 18, 20175tornado warnings
  7. April 5, 20174tornado warnings
  8. April 22, 20173tornado warnings
  9. April 30, 20173tornado warnings
  10. September 1, 20173tornado warnings
  11. May 27, 20172tornado warnings
  12. March 21, 20171tornado warnings

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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.