Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2002
20 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- November7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20025 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 23, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Houston and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robertson | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Crockett, Dickson, Dyer and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon and 36 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gibson County9
- Lauderdale County8
- Crockett County7
- Dyer County7
- Lake County7
- Obion County7
- Tipton County7
- Weakley County7
- DeKalb County7
- Carroll County6
- Henry County6
- Fayette County6
- Hardeman County6
- Haywood County6
- Madison County6
- Shelby County6
- Cannon County6
- Cheatham County6
- Grundy County6
- Jackson County6
- Overton County6
- Putnam County6
- White County6
- Benton County5
- Houston County5
- Stewart County5
- Decatur County5
- Bedford County5
- Clay County5
- Coffee County5
- Davidson County5
- Dickson County5
- Fentress County5
- Franklin County5
- Hickman County5
- Lincoln County5
- Macon County5
- Maury County5
- Moore County5
- Perry County5
55 more counties
- Pickett County5
- Robertson County5
- Rutherford County5
- Smith County5
- Sumner County5
- Trousdale County5
- Warren County5
- Williamson County5
- Wilson County5
- Chester County4
- Hardin County4
- Henderson County4
- McNairy County4
- Cumberland County4
- Giles County4
- Lewis County4
- Marshall County4
- Van Buren County4
- Wayne County4
- Humphreys County4
- Montgomery County4
- Anderson County4
- Blount County4
- Bradley County4
- Cocke County4
- Greene County4
- Hamilton County4
- Hancock County4
- Hawkins County4
- Jefferson County4
- Knox County4
- Loudon County4
- McMinn County4
- Meigs County4
- Monroe County4
- Polk County4
- Rhea County4
- Roane County4
- Sevier County4
- Sullivan County4
- Unicoi County4
- Lawrence County3
- Scott County3
- Bledsoe County3
- Campbell County3
- Claiborne County3
- Grainger County3
- Hamblen County3
- Johnson County3
- Marion County3
- Sequatchie County3
- Union County3
- Washington County3
- Carter County2
- Morgan County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.