Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings / 2012
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, March 2012
94 tornado warnings in March 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 94
- Busiest day
- March 2, 201261 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 40 min |
| Feb 29, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 14 min |
| Feb 29, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 14 min |
| Feb 29, 10:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union | 43 min |
| Feb 29, 10:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 11:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 9 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 10:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 10:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 10:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Polk | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox, Sevier | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 7:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 18 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County8
- Giles County8
- Sevier County7
- Claiborne County7
- Hamilton County7
- Overton County6
- Campbell County6
- Scott County6
- Lincoln County6
- Grundy County6
- Bledsoe County6
- Marion County6
- Rhea County6
- Polk County6
- Maury County6
- Marshall County6
- Fentress County5
- Hawkins County5
- Sequatchie County5
- Knox County5
- Lawrence County5
- Blount County4
- Loudon County4
- Monroe County4
- Sullivan County4
- Putnam County4
- Coffee County4
- Warren County4
- Morgan County4
- Hancock County4
- Bradley County4
- Cocke County4
- Grainger County4
- Jefferson County4
- Williamson County4
- Wayne County4
- Van Buren County3
- Meigs County3
- Roane County3
- McMinn County3
31 more counties
- Dickson County3
- Hickman County3
- Anderson County3
- Bedford County3
- Union County2
- DeKalb County2
- Hamblen County2
- Hardeman County2
- Humphreys County2
- Davidson County2
- Wilson County2
- Jackson County2
- Smith County2
- Pickett County2
- Greene County2
- White County1
- Moore County1
- Carroll County1
- Gibson County1
- Henderson County1
- Madison County1
- Fayette County1
- Benton County1
- McNairy County1
- Cheatham County1
- Hardin County1
- Rutherford County1
- Trousdale County1
- Clay County1
- Cumberland County1
- Johnson 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. Rebuilt daily.