Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2019
51 tornado warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 51
- Busiest month
- March11 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 21, 20195 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 6, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 24 min |
| Feb 23, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Perry | 23 min |
| Feb 23, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 34 min |
| Feb 23, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 15 min |
| Mar 9, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 16 min |
| Mar 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 21 min |
| Apr 8, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 10 min |
| Apr 14, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 34 min |
| May 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 49 min |
| May 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 25 min |
| May 9, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 29 min |
| May 9, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 24 min |
| May 9, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 9, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 20 min |
| Jun 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 12 min |
| Jun 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 16 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 14 min |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 17 min |
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Union | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 10 min |
| Oct 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 24 min |
| Oct 21, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| Oct 21, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 20 min |
| Oct 21, 7:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 14 min |
| Oct 31, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 40 min |
| Dec 16, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Dec 16, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County7
- Franklin County7
- Rutherford County5
- McNairy County5
- Lincoln County5
- Dickson County4
- Hardeman County4
- Moore County4
- Wilson County3
- Williamson County3
- Chester County3
- Madison County3
- Henderson County3
- Obion County3
- Tipton County3
- Cannon County2
- Cheatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Robertson County2
- Lake County2
- Hancock County2
- Hawkins County2
- Claiborne County2
- Fayette County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Shelby County2
- DeKalb County1
- Hickman County1
- Perry County1
- Sumner County1
- Maury County1
- Giles County1
- Weakley County1
- Montgomery County1
- Knox County1
- Greene County1
- Cumberland County1
- White County1
- Clay County1
- Jackson 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.