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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1998
36 tornado watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- April20 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 16, 19987 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Fayette, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lake and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robertson | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 78 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Giles, Hardeman and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Fayette, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| May 6, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Coffee and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 43 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 74 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Claiborne, Clay and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 49 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 6:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 25 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tipton County15
- Hardeman County15
- Dyer County14
- Lauderdale County14
- Carroll County14
- Chester County14
- Gibson County14
- Henderson County14
- Hickman County14
- McNairy County14
- Fayette County13
- Shelby County13
- Benton County13
- Cheatham County13
- Hardin County13
- Humphreys County13
- Madison County13
- Perry County13
- Wayne County13
- Weakley County13
- Cannon County13
- DeKalb County13
- Fentress County13
- Jackson County13
- Rutherford County13
- Smith County13
- Lake County12
- Obion County12
- Crockett County12
- Davidson County12
- Decatur County12
- Dickson County12
- Giles County12
- Haywood County12
- Henry County12
- Houston County12
- Lewis County12
- Bedford County12
- Lincoln County12
- Overton County12
55 more counties
- Putnam County12
- Trousdale County12
- Warren County12
- White County12
- Wilson County12
- Lawrence County11
- Maury County11
- Robertson County11
- Sumner County11
- Williamson County11
- Coffee County11
- Macon County11
- Moore County11
- Scott County11
- Marshall County11
- Montgomery County10
- Anderson County10
- Campbell County10
- Clay County10
- Cumberland County10
- Franklin County10
- Grundy County10
- Knox County10
- Marion County10
- Roane County10
- Union County10
- Stewart County9
- Bledsoe County9
- Blount County9
- Bradley County9
- Claiborne County9
- Hamilton County9
- Loudon County9
- McMinn County9
- Meigs County9
- Monroe County9
- Morgan County9
- Pickett County9
- Polk County9
- Rhea County9
- Sequatchie County9
- Van Buren County9
- Grainger County9
- Cocke County8
- Greene County8
- Hamblen County8
- Hancock County8
- Jefferson County8
- Sevier County8
- Unicoi County8
- Washington County8
- Carter County7
- Johnson County7
- Hawkins County7
- Sullivan County7
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.