Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, May 2002
11 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20025 severe thunderstorm watches
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blount County5
- Carter County5
- Greene County5
- Hawkins County5
- Jefferson County5
- Johnson County5
- Monroe County5
- Sevier County5
- Unicoi County5
- Washington County5
- Bedford County4
- Cannon County4
- Coffee County4
- Davidson County4
- DeKalb County4
- Dickson County4
- Franklin County4
- Giles County4
- Grundy County4
- Hickman County4
- Humphreys County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lewis County4
- Lincoln County4
- Marshall County4
- Maury County4
- Moore County4
- Rutherford County4
- Warren County4
- Wayne County4
- Williamson County4
- Wilson County4
- Clay County4
- Cocke County4
- Fentress County4
- Grainger County4
- Hamblen County4
- Knox County4
- Loudon County4
- McMinn County4
55 more counties
- Meigs County4
- Overton County4
- Putnam County4
- Sullivan County4
- Van Buren County4
- White County4
- Marion County3
- Perry County3
- Carroll County3
- Lake County3
- Anderson County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Campbell County3
- Cheatham County3
- Claiborne County3
- Cumberland County3
- Hancock County3
- Houston County3
- Jackson County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
- Morgan County3
- Pickett County3
- Rhea County3
- Roane County3
- Scott County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Smith County3
- Stewart County3
- Sumner County3
- Trousdale County3
- Union County3
- Polk County3
- Bradley County3
- Hamilton County3
- Chester County3
- Decatur County3
- Hardeman County3
- McNairy County3
- Dyer County2
- Gibson County2
- Henry County2
- Obion County2
- Weakley County2
- Robertson County2
- Benton County2
- Henderson County2
- Hardin County2
- Crockett County1
- Fayette County1
- Haywood County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Madison County1
- Shelby County1
- Tipton 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.