Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings / 2024
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, May 2024
62 tornado warnings in May 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 62
- Busiest day
- May 8, 202423 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 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 16 min |
| May 6, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 14 min |
| May 8, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 37 min |
| May 8, 9:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 23 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 30 min |
| May 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 10 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 30 min |
| May 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 35 min |
| May 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 12 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 37 min |
| May 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren, White | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 37 min |
| May 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 25 min |
| May 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 38 min |
| May 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 34 min |
| May 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 41 min |
| May 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 36 min |
| May 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 26 min |
| May 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 49 min |
| May 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 49 min |
| May 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 54 min |
| May 8, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 22 min |
| May 9, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 24 min |
| May 9, 3:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 32 min |
| May 9, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 9 min |
| May 9, 4:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 21 min |
| May 9, 5:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 14 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 24 min |
| May 26, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 13 min |
| May 26, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 19 min |
| May 26, 10:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Roane | 23 min |
| May 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott, Union | 12 min |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| May 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Madison | 47 min |
| May 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 41 min |
| May 27, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 39 min |
| May 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Robertson County7
- Bedford County6
- Sumner County5
- Maury County5
- Marshall County5
- Rutherford County5
- Coffee County5
- Franklin County5
- White County4
- Montgomery County4
- Warren County4
- Lincoln County4
- Smith County3
- Wilson County3
- DeKalb County3
- Grainger County3
- Stewart County3
- Hickman County3
- Perry County3
- Lewis County3
- Cannon County3
- Cumberland County3
- Moore County3
- Grundy County3
- Claiborne County3
- Hancock County3
- Overton County2
- Hamblen County2
- Cheatham County2
- Houston County2
- Williamson County2
- Macon County2
- Trousdale County2
- Putnam County2
- Fentress County2
- Giles County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Sequatchie County2
- Chester County2
- Hardin County2
26 more counties
- Henderson County2
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Benton County1
- Henry County1
- Humphreys County1
- Wayne County1
- Dickson County1
- Davidson County1
- Marion County1
- Bradley County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lake County1
- Obion County1
- Roane County1
- Jefferson County1
- Campbell County1
- Scott County1
- Union County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Hardeman County1
- Madison County1
- Decatur County1
- McNairy County1
- Hawkins 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.