Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, May 2003
16 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20033 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, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Obion | 5 hr |
| May 1, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 28 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Chester, Coffee, Decatur and 20 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson | 5 hr |
| May 7, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pickett | 5 hr |
| May 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Clay, Coffee and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cumberland, Fentress and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 19 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meigs County6
- Bledsoe County5
- Cumberland County5
- Fentress County5
- Pickett County5
- Scott County5
- White County5
- Carter County5
- McMinn County5
- Monroe County5
- Anderson County5
- Campbell County5
- Hamblen County5
- Roane County5
- Union County5
- Bedford County4
- Cannon County4
- Clay County4
- Coffee County4
- Franklin County4
- Giles County4
- Grundy County4
- Jackson County4
- Lincoln County4
- Marion County4
- Marshall County4
- Moore County4
- Overton County4
- Putnam County4
- Rutherford County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Van Buren County4
- Warren County4
- Cocke County4
- Greene County4
- Hawkins County4
- Sullivan County4
- Unicoi County4
- Washington County4
- Bradley County4
55 more counties
- Polk County4
- Rhea County4
- Blount County4
- Claiborne County4
- Grainger County4
- Hancock County4
- Jefferson County4
- Knox County4
- Loudon County4
- Morgan County4
- Sevier County4
- Decatur County3
- Hardin County3
- Hickman County3
- Lewis County3
- Wayne County3
- DeKalb County3
- Lawrence County3
- Maury County3
- Smith County3
- Johnson County3
- Hamilton County3
- Obion County2
- Cheatham County2
- Chester County2
- Dickson County2
- Fayette County2
- Houston County2
- Humphreys County2
- McNairy County2
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Robertson County2
- Stewart County2
- Davidson County2
- Macon County2
- Sumner County2
- Trousdale County2
- Williamson County2
- Wilson County2
- Lake County1
- Benton County1
- Carroll County1
- Crockett County1
- Dyer County1
- Gibson County1
- Hardeman County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Henry County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Madison County1
- Shelby County1
- Tipton County1
- Weakley 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.