Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2020
12 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- May5 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20203 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 34 more | 4 hr |
| May 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Morgan and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 8 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County7
- Crockett County7
- Dyer County7
- Fayette County7
- Gibson County7
- Hardeman County7
- Haywood County7
- Henry County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Madison County7
- Obion County7
- Shelby County7
- Tipton County7
- Weakley County7
- Lake County6
- Benton County5
- Chester County5
- Decatur County5
- Hardin County5
- Henderson County5
- McNairy County5
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Moore County4
- Bedford County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Cannon County3
- Coffee County3
- DeKalb County3
- Grundy County3
- Hamilton County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Meigs County3
- Rhea County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Van Buren County3
- Warren County3
- White County3
- Anderson County2
55 more counties
- Bradley County2
- Campbell County2
- Claiborne County2
- Clay County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fentress County2
- Grainger County2
- Hancock County2
- Jackson County2
- McMinn County2
- Monroe County2
- Morgan County2
- Overton County2
- Pickett County2
- Polk County2
- Putnam County2
- Roane County2
- Scott County2
- Union County2
- Dickson County2
- Hickman County2
- Houston County2
- Humphreys County2
- Perry County2
- Cheatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Giles County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lewis County2
- Maury County2
- Rutherford County2
- Wayne County2
- Williamson County2
- Wilson County2
- Blount County1
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hawkins County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Knox County1
- Loudon County1
- Sevier County1
- Sullivan County1
- Unicoi County1
- Washington County1
- Montgomery County1
- Stewart County1
- Macon County1
- Robertson County1
- Smith County1
- Sumner County1
- Trousdale County1
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.