Tornado Watches in Tennessee
642 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 642
- Busiest year
- 201144 tornado watches
- Average year
- 21over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County241
- Gibson County240
- Hardeman County239
- Haywood County239
- Lauderdale County238
- Shelby County236
- Crockett County235
- Tipton County235
- Madison County233
- McNairy County231
- Dyer County229
- Hardin County225
- Chester County224
- Carroll County223
- Weakley County221
- Henry County218
- Henderson County216
- Obion County213
- Decatur County210
- Lake County205
- Wayne County204
- Lawrence County202
- Benton County199
- Giles County198
- Perry County198
- Cheatham County196
- Maury County195
- Dickson County194
- Hickman County194
- Humphreys County194
- Davidson County191
- Houston County190
- Lewis County190
- Montgomery County189
- Rutherford County188
- Williamson County187
- Lincoln County185
- Marshall County185
- Robertson County184
- Sumner County182
55 more counties
- Moore County181
- Stewart County181
- Bedford County180
- Wilson County174
- Trousdale County171
- Franklin County170
- Macon County170
- Cannon County165
- Coffee County163
- Jackson County163
- Smith County162
- DeKalb County159
- Clay County158
- Putnam County154
- Warren County150
- Grundy County149
- Overton County149
- White County145
- Pickett County141
- Fentress County140
- Cumberland County137
- Van Buren County137
- Marion County127
- Sequatchie County125
- Hamilton County124
- Bradley County121
- Bledsoe County118
- Rhea County115
- Meigs County113
- Polk County113
- McMinn County112
- Monroe County105
- Loudon County104
- Morgan County104
- Roane County103
- Scott County103
- Blount County97
- Anderson County96
- Knox County96
- Campbell County95
- Union County86
- Claiborne County79
- Grainger County77
- Sevier County76
- Jefferson County69
- Hancock County67
- Hamblen County65
- Hawkins County59
- Cocke County58
- Greene County56
- Sullivan County50
- Unicoi County50
- Washington County50
- Carter County46
- Johnson County46
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay and 46 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
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.