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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1999

15 tornado watches in 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
15
Busiest month
January8 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 22, 19993 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 7 more6 hr
Jan 17, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 37 more6 hr
Jan 21, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHenry, Obion, Stewart, Weakley6 hr
Jan 21, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 18 more6 hr
Jan 21, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 7 more6 hr
Jan 22, 3:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Davidson, Decatur and 20 more6 hr
Jan 22, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Decatur, Dickson and 19 more6 hr
Jan 22, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMontgomery, Robertson6 hr
Apr 3, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCLake5 hr
Apr 9, 4:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCampbell, Claiborne, Clay, Fentress, Grainger, Hamblen and 9 more3 hr
May 5, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 7 more7 hr
May 5, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur and 24 more5 hr
May 7, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk6 hr
Dec 9, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

38 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 22, 19993tornado watches
  2. January 21, 19992tornado watches
  3. April 3, 19992tornado watches
  4. May 5, 19992tornado watches
  5. January 17, 19991tornado watches
  6. January 18, 19991tornado watches
  7. January 23, 19991tornado watches
  8. April 9, 19991tornado watches
  9. May 7, 19991tornado watches
  10. December 9, 19991tornado watches

Nearby

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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.