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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2000

21 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
21
Busiest month
January6 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 3, 20006 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 3, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more6 hr
Jan 3, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 3 more6 hr
Jan 3, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Henry, Houston, Montgomery and 3 more6 hr
Jan 3, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 18 more5 hr
Jan 3, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCheatham, Henry, Houston, Macon, Montgomery, Robertson and 3 more5 hr
Jan 3, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress and 21 more6 hr
Feb 13, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson and 28 more4 hr
Feb 13, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCFayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby, Wayne6 hr
Feb 18, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more5 hr
Feb 18, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Clay and 30 more5 hr
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Hamilton, Polk7 hr
Apr 20, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 31 more4 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 10 more5 hr
May 23, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cumberland and 17 more6 hr
May 23, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson and 22 more6 hr
May 24, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay and 24 more6 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay and 36 more6 hr
Nov 8, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 28 more6 hr
Nov 8, 11:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland and 19 more6 hr
Nov 9, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay and 30 more5 hr
Nov 9, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger and 15 more5 hr

By county

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

50 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 3, 20006tornado watches
  2. November 9, 20004tornado watches
  3. February 18, 20002tornado watches
  4. May 24, 20002tornado watches
  5. February 13, 20001tornado watches
  6. February 14, 20001tornado watches
  7. April 3, 20001tornado watches
  8. April 20, 20001tornado watches
  9. May 9, 20001tornado watches
  10. May 23, 20001tornado watches
  11. May 27, 20001tornado 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. Rebuilt daily.