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Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2026

26 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
26
Busiest month
March8 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 16, 20266 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
Mar 7, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGShelby, Tipton51 min
Mar 15, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale22 min
Mar 15, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy47 min
Mar 15, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin34 min
Mar 15, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery25 min
Mar 15, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson30 min
Mar 15, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson26 min
Mar 15, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence31 min
Apr 28, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson20 min
Apr 28, 12:19 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry41 min
Apr 28, 12:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson26 min
Apr 28, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury32 min
Apr 28, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson16 min
Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton20 min
May 22, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White51 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXHamilton46 min
Jun 22, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin29 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin27 min
Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin36 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Putnam48 min
Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson47 min
Jul 28, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXGreene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington39 min
Jul 28, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXJohnson, Sullivan44 min
Jul 28, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXGreene, Unicoi28 min
Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Monroe30 min
Jul 28, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXPolk33 min

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 16, 20266tornado warnings
  2. April 28, 20266tornado warnings
  3. July 28, 20264tornado warnings
  4. June 22, 20263tornado warnings
  5. March 7, 20261tornado warnings
  6. March 15, 20261tornado warnings
  7. May 22, 20261tornado warnings
  8. May 24, 20261tornado warnings
  9. June 28, 20261tornado warnings
  10. July 22, 20261tornado warnings
  11. July 29, 20261tornado warnings

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.