Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2003
28 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- May19 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20037 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Clay and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Clay, Coffee and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Montgomery, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Macon | 4 hr |
| May 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Loudon and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 48 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 52 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Carroll, Chester, Coffee, Crockett, Decatur and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Chester, Coffee, Decatur and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 31 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 7:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 41 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 6:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 22 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County15
- Shelby County15
- Chester County14
- Crockett County14
- Dyer County14
- Fayette County14
- Hardeman County14
- Haywood County14
- Lauderdale County14
- McNairy County14
- Tipton County14
- Decatur County14
- Hardin County14
- Coffee County13
- Franklin County13
- Warren County13
- Gibson County13
- Henderson County13
- Perry County13
- Cannon County12
- Clay County11
- DeKalb County11
- Grundy County11
- Bedford County11
- Rutherford County11
- Montgomery County11
- Stewart County11
- Carroll County11
- Houston County11
- Humphreys County11
- Lake County11
- Obion County11
- Weakley County11
- Hickman County11
- Lawrence County11
- Lewis County11
- Maury County11
- Wayne County11
- Jackson County10
- Macon County10
47 more counties
- Marion County10
- Sequatchie County10
- Smith County10
- Lincoln County10
- Moore County10
- Benton County10
- Henry County10
- Marshall County10
- Bledsoe County9
- Overton County9
- Putnam County9
- Trousdale County9
- Van Buren County9
- Cheatham County9
- Davidson County9
- Dickson County9
- Giles County9
- Robertson County9
- Sumner County9
- Williamson County9
- Rhea County8
- White County8
- Wilson County8
- Cumberland County7
- Hamilton County7
- Bradley County6
- Fentress County6
- McMinn County6
- Meigs County6
- Pickett County6
- Morgan County5
- Polk County5
- Roane County5
- Scott County5
- Campbell County4
- Loudon County4
- Monroe County4
- Anderson County3
- Blount County3
- Claiborne County2
- Grainger County2
- Hancock County2
- Jefferson County2
- Knox County2
- Sevier County2
- Union County2
- Hamblen County1
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.