Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings / 2021
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, May 2021
14 tornado warnings in May 2021. 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 May 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20219 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 23 min |
| May 3, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 16 min |
| May 3, 6:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 9 min |
| May 4, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 22 min |
| May 4, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 4, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 27 min |
| May 4, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 23 min |
| May 4, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 11 min |
| May 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 21 min |
| May 28, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumner County4
- Smith County3
- Putnam County3
- White County3
- Maury County2
- Robertson County2
- Trousdale County2
- DeKalb County2
- Cumberland County2
- Marshall County1
- Cannon County1
- Rutherford County1
- Davidson County1
- Wilson County1
- Macon County1
- Jackson County1
- Fayette County1
- Shelby County1
- Tipton County1
- Fentress County1
- Overton County1
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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.