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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1997
23 tornado watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- March8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 21, 19973 tornado 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 4, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Giles, Hardin, Henderson, Lawrence and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay, Crockett and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Coffee and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay, Crockett and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Chester, Coffee and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County14
- Crockett County13
- Fayette County13
- Haywood County13
- Gibson County12
- Madison County12
- Tipton County12
- Carroll County11
- Dyer County11
- Hardeman County11
- Chester County11
- Lauderdale County10
- Giles County10
- Lawrence County10
- Maury County10
- Perry County10
- Decatur County10
- Henderson County10
- McNairy County10
- Benton County10
- Henry County9
- Hardin County9
- Obion County8
- Weakley County8
- Lincoln County8
- Marshall County8
- Rutherford County8
- Sumner County8
- Wayne County8
- Williamson County8
- Humphreys County8
- Lake County7
- Davidson County7
- Hickman County7
- Jackson County7
- Lewis County7
- Montgomery County7
- Moore County7
- Robertson County7
- Smith County7
55 more counties
- Trousdale County7
- Wilson County7
- Houston County7
- Stewart County7
- Bedford County6
- Cannon County6
- Cheatham County6
- Clay County6
- Coffee County6
- Dickson County6
- Franklin County6
- Macon County6
- DeKalb County5
- Grundy County5
- Warren County5
- Overton County4
- Putnam County4
- Van Buren County4
- White County4
- McMinn County4
- Marion County4
- Sequatchie County4
- Pickett County3
- Anderson County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Bradley County3
- Campbell County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fentress County3
- Hamilton County3
- Loudon County3
- Meigs County3
- Monroe County3
- Morgan County3
- Polk County3
- Rhea County3
- Roane County3
- Scott County3
- Grainger County2
- Hawkins County2
- Knox County2
- Union County2
- Blount County2
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Hamblen County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Sevier County1
- Sullivan County1
- Unicoi County1
- Washington County1
- Claiborne County1
- Hancock 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.