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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2025

196 tornado warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
196
Busiest month
April95 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 3, 202557 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 6, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam34 min
Feb 6, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam24 min
Feb 6, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam33 min
Feb 6, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan37 min
Feb 6, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Morgan, Roane, Scott26 min
Feb 6, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Scott36 min
Feb 6, 7:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier46 min
Feb 6, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins31 min
Feb 6, 8:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson, Sevier47 min
Feb 6, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXCarter, Sullivan, Washington18 min
Feb 15, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale45 min
Feb 15, 5:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGShelby, Tipton44 min
Feb 15, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale51 min
Feb 15, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley43 min
Feb 15, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry, Weakley21 min
Feb 15, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley41 min
Feb 15, 7:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison10 min
Feb 15, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore46 min
Feb 16, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore24 min
Feb 16, 12:40 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln50 min
Feb 16, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore46 min
Feb 16, 1:12 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White33 min
Feb 16, 1:42 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White17 min
Mar 15, 1:33 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake31 min
Mar 15, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy50 min
Mar 15, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford30 min
Mar 15, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore27 min
Mar 15, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon34 min
Mar 15, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White40 min
Mar 15, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White29 min
Mar 15, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett26 min
Mar 15, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe19 min
Mar 15, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White34 min
Mar 15, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, Meigs24 min
Mar 15, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland9 min
Mar 15, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXMorgan, Scott23 min
Mar 15, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie51 min
Mar 15, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXLoudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane33 min
Mar 15, 7:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMRXAnderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane43 min
Mar 15, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, White29 min
Mar 15, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress8 min
Mar 15, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie34 min
Mar 23, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby, Tipton29 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTipton52 min
Mar 30, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart27 min
Mar 30, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys50 min
Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson, Madison50 min
Mar 30, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys42 min
Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry44 min
Mar 30, 10:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson52 min
Mar 30, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson49 min
Mar 30, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury32 min
Mar 31, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne48 min
Mar 31, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Warren25 min
Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton56 min
Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more66 min
Apr 2, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison66 min
Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison55 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood58 min
Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry and 1 more47 min
Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTipton47 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby40 min
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion50 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton37 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton47 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley43 min
Apr 2, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton40 min
Apr 2, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Weakley52 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGWeakley18 min
Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry26 min
Apr 2, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Henry42 min
Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart28 min
Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry49 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Stewart24 min
Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison45 min
Apr 2, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman47 min
Apr 2, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison40 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy45 min
Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Decatur19 min
Apr 3, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry33 min
Apr 3, 12:31 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGChester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy59 min
Apr 3, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby40 min
Apr 3, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys34 min
Apr 3, 1:06 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne39 min
Apr 3, 1:09 AM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGFayette, Hardeman51 min
Apr 3, 1:40 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry35 min
Apr 3, 1:41 AM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy49 min
Apr 3, 2:02 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson43 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman48 min
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy56 min
Apr 3, 2:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson24 min
Apr 3, 2:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy50 min
Apr 3, 2:47 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman43 min
Apr 3, 2:54 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson51 min
Apr 3, 3:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin51 min
Apr 3, 3:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry24 min
Apr 3, 3:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, Hardin, McNairy52 min
Apr 3, 3:25 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson34 min
Apr 3, 3:33 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson27 min
Apr 3, 3:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson37 min
Apr 3, 3:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson33 min
Apr 3, 3:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson7 min
Apr 3, 4:09 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson36 min
Apr 3, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson25 min
Apr 3, 4:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson39 min
Apr 3, 5:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson33 min
Apr 3, 6:35 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson25 min
Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson35 min
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Rutherford, Williamson32 min
Apr 3, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson12 min
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin42 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne34 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry30 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson35 min
Apr 3, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne34 min
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury45 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury14 min
Apr 4, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart21 min
Apr 5, 3:02 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale28 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale24 min
Apr 5, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton30 min
Apr 5, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale38 min
Apr 5, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale36 min
Apr 5, 3:53 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion30 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson, Obion, Weakley20 min
Apr 5, 4:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley9 min
Apr 5, 5:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry36 min
Apr 5, 12:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton42 min
Apr 5, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton47 min
Apr 5, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale50 min
Apr 5, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison43 min
Apr 5, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton51 min
Apr 5, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys24 min
Apr 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette42 min
Apr 5, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson44 min
Apr 5, 4:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner24 min
Apr 5, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson50 min
Apr 5, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay, Macon31 min
Apr 5, 7:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMEGHardin, McNairy51 min
Apr 5, 8:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGHardin48 min
Apr 5, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne58 min
Apr 5, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin26 min
Apr 5, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne67 min
Apr 5, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence38 min
Apr 5, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLincoln, Moore61 min
Apr 6, 12:51 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin9 min
Apr 6, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMRXMarion, Sequatchie38 min
Apr 6, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy15 min
Apr 20, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake, Obion38 min
May 16, 7:51 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale39 min
May 17, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk48 min
May 20, 8:29 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, McNairy46 min
May 20, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne50 min
May 20, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane45 min
May 20, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles15 min
May 20, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLincoln, Moore40 min
May 20, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore50 min
May 20, 3:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury28 min
May 20, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison50 min
May 20, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin35 min
May 20, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman36 min
May 20, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henderson51 min
May 20, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury33 min
May 20, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart28 min
May 20, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson35 min
May 20, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson21 min
May 20, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford37 min
May 20, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson34 min
May 20, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Warren42 min
May 20, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Rutherford35 min
May 20, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford51 min
May 20, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren33 min
May 20, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White66 min
May 20, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren54 min
May 20, 7:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedHUNFranklin39 min
May 20, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Rhea43 min
May 20, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXMorgan, Rhea, Roane59 min
May 20, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland25 min
May 20, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren45 min
May 20, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe43 min
May 20, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn, Meigs, Rhea33 min
May 20, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Sevier46 min
May 25, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Shelby20 min
May 25, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore49 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore40 min
May 25, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXHamilton, Marion, Sequatchie38 min
May 25, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin51 min
May 27, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin29 min
May 30, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Loudon23 min
Jun 6, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLincoln, Moore22 min
Jun 18, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry28 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry24 min
Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury29 min
Jun 18, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury22 min
Aug 20, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin17 min
Sep 4, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane44 min

By county

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

49 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 3, 202557tornado warnings
  2. May 20, 202522tornado warnings
  3. April 5, 202520tornado warnings
  4. March 15, 202515tornado warnings
  5. February 16, 202511tornado warnings
  6. March 31, 202511tornado warnings
  7. April 6, 202510tornado warnings
  8. February 7, 20259tornado warnings
  9. May 21, 20259tornado warnings
  10. April 2, 20256tornado warnings
  11. May 25, 20255tornado warnings
  12. March 16, 20254tornado 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.