Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2002
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- May11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20025 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 25 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dyer, Fayette, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Chester, Decatur, Giles, Hardeman and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, McNairy, Shelby and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Cannon and 63 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Jefferson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 4 hr |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 63 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 5 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 38 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardeman County9
- McNairy County9
- Lake County9
- Carroll County8
- Chester County8
- Decatur County8
- Lewis County8
- Perry County8
- Shelby County8
- Wayne County8
- Williamson County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Tipton County8
- Giles County8
- Lawrence County8
- Marshall County8
- Crockett County7
- Davidson County7
- Fayette County7
- Gibson County7
- Hardin County7
- Haywood County7
- Henderson County7
- Hickman County7
- Humphreys County7
- Dyer County7
- Maury County7
- Rutherford County7
- Carter County7
- Johnson County7
- Unicoi County7
- Washington County7
- Dickson County6
- Henry County6
- Houston County6
- Macon County6
- Madison County6
- Montgomery County6
- Stewart County6
- Sumner County6
55 more counties
- Trousdale County6
- Bedford County6
- Cannon County6
- Franklin County6
- Lincoln County6
- Moore County6
- Wilson County6
- Greene County6
- Hawkins County6
- Jefferson County6
- Sullivan County6
- Benton County5
- Cheatham County5
- Obion County5
- Weakley County5
- Marion County5
- Coffee County5
- DeKalb County5
- Grundy County5
- Warren County5
- Blount County5
- Campbell County5
- Clay County5
- Cocke County5
- Fentress County5
- Grainger County5
- Hamblen County5
- Loudon County5
- McMinn County5
- Meigs County5
- Monroe County5
- Overton County5
- Putnam County5
- Scott County5
- Sevier County5
- Van Buren County5
- White County5
- Robertson County4
- Anderson County4
- Bledsoe County4
- Claiborne County4
- Cumberland County4
- Hancock County4
- Jackson County4
- Knox County4
- Morgan County4
- Pickett County4
- Rhea County4
- Roane County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Smith County4
- Union County4
- Bradley County4
- Hamilton County4
- Polk County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.