Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, March 1997
8 tornado watches in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- March 1, 19972 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County6
- Giles County5
- Maury County5
- Sumner County5
- Benton County4
- Carroll County4
- Cheatham County4
- Chester County4
- Crockett County4
- Davidson County4
- Decatur County4
- Dickson County4
- Fayette County4
- Gibson County4
- Hardeman County4
- Hardin County4
- Haywood County4
- Henderson County4
- Henry County4
- Hickman County4
- Houston County4
- Humphreys County4
- McNairy County4
- Madison County4
- Montgomery County4
- Perry County4
- Robertson County4
- Shelby County4
- Stewart County4
- Trousdale County4
- Wayne County4
- Williamson County4
- Jackson County4
- Rutherford County4
- Smith County4
- Wilson County4
- Lewis County3
- Tipton County3
- Weakley County3
- Clay County3
55 more counties
- Macon County3
- Franklin County3
- Grundy County3
- Lincoln County3
- Marion County3
- Moore County3
- Sequatchie County3
- McMinn County3
- Marshall County3
- Dyer County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Obion County2
- Anderson County2
- Bedford County2
- Bledsoe County2
- Campbell County2
- Cannon County2
- Coffee County2
- Cumberland County2
- DeKalb County2
- Fentress County2
- Grainger County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hawkins County2
- Knox County2
- Loudon County2
- Meigs County2
- Morgan County2
- Overton County2
- Putnam County2
- Rhea County2
- Roane County2
- Scott County2
- Union County2
- Van Buren County2
- Warren County2
- White County2
- Blount County2
- Bradley County2
- Monroe County2
- Polk County2
- Lake County1
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Hamblen County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Sevier County1
- Sullivan County1
- Unicoi County1
- Washington County1
- Claiborne County1
- Hancock County1
- Pickett 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.