Flood Watches in Tennessee
219 flood watches since 1986. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 219
- Busiest year
- 202225 flood watches
- Average year
- 11over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County64
- Campbell County63
- Anderson County61
- Blount County61
- Claiborne County61
- Morgan County61
- Grainger County58
- Hancock County58
- Knox County58
- Monroe County58
- Union County58
- Bledsoe County57
- Sevier County57
- Loudon County56
- Marion County56
- Meigs County56
- Polk County56
- Rhea County56
- Hamilton County55
- McMinn County55
- Roane County55
- Sequatchie County55
- Bradley County53
- Cocke County53
- Hamblen County53
- Carter County52
- Hawkins County52
- Jefferson County52
- Greene County50
- Sullivan County50
- Washington County49
- Lewis County49
- Maury County49
- Johnson County48
- Putnam County47
- Unicoi County47
- Marshall County47
- Coffee County46
- Bedford County46
- Cannon County46
55 more counties
- Davidson County46
- Giles County46
- Lawrence County46
- Rutherford County46
- Wayne County46
- Williamson County46
- Jackson County45
- DeKalb County45
- Clay County44
- Overton County44
- Pickett County44
- White County44
- Smith County44
- Wilson County44
- Cumberland County43
- Fentress County43
- Van Buren County43
- Warren County43
- Perry County43
- Trousdale County43
- Grundy County42
- Hickman County42
- Humphreys County42
- Macon County42
- Sumner County42
- Benton County40
- Cheatham County40
- Dickson County40
- Robertson County40
- Lincoln County38
- Montgomery County38
- Moore County38
- Stewart County38
- Franklin County37
- Houston County37
- Carroll County33
- Henry County32
- Weakley County32
- Dyer County30
- Gibson County29
- Lake County29
- Obion County29
- Crockett County27
- Decatur County27
- Henderson County27
- Lauderdale County25
- Fayette County25
- Madison County25
- Hardeman County25
- Hardin County25
- Haywood County24
- Shelby County24
- Chester County24
- McNairy County24
- Tipton County22
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:38 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:41 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 57 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:45 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:44 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 27 more | 26 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:44 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 12:20 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Henderson and 4 more | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 11:05 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 8:44 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OHX | Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 23 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:57 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:37 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 13 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:38 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Carter, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan | 11 hr |
Nearby
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.