Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2012
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- July6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 26, 20123 severe thunderstorm watches
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 25 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Carroll and 45 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 61 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Cannon and 44 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Montgomery, Overton and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 31, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Henry, Houston and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay and 29 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Lincoln and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay, Davidson and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Decatur, Dickson and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheatham County14
- Houston County14
- Humphreys County14
- Montgomery County14
- Robertson County14
- Wilson County14
- Benton County13
- Davidson County13
- Dickson County13
- Rutherford County13
- Stewart County13
- Sumner County13
- Hickman County12
- Trousdale County12
- Williamson County12
- Carroll County12
- Hardeman County12
- McNairy County12
- Henry County12
- Clay County11
- Jackson County11
- Macon County11
- Smith County11
- Chester County11
- Fayette County11
- Hardin County11
- Henderson County11
- Cumberland County10
- Fentress County10
- Overton County10
- Pickett County10
- Van Buren County10
- White County10
- Shelby County10
- Lewis County10
- Perry County10
- Putnam County10
- Crockett County10
- Decatur County10
- Gibson County10
55 more counties
- Haywood County10
- Madison County10
- Obion County10
- Weakley County10
- Cannon County9
- DeKalb County9
- Lawrence County9
- Marshall County9
- Maury County9
- Warren County9
- Wayne County9
- Dyer County9
- Lake County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Hamilton County8
- Rhea County8
- Bedford County8
- Coffee County8
- Giles County8
- Grundy County8
- Tipton County8
- Bledsoe County7
- Bradley County7
- Campbell County7
- Claiborne County7
- McMinn County7
- Meigs County7
- Morgan County7
- Polk County7
- Scott County7
- Sequatchie County7
- Anderson County6
- Grainger County6
- Knox County6
- Marion County6
- Monroe County6
- Roane County6
- Union County6
- Blount County5
- Hamblen County5
- Hancock County5
- Jefferson County5
- Loudon County5
- Sevier County5
- Lincoln County4
- Moore County4
- Franklin County3
- Cocke County3
- Carter County3
- Johnson County3
- Sullivan County3
- Greene County2
- Hawkins County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
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.