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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2004
17 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- May6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20043 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 4, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Shelby | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Moore, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Crockett, Dickson, Dyer and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Pickett | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 39 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy | 5 hr |
| May 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 38 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hardin, Lawrence, Lincoln and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Davidson, Decatur and 22 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County7
- Giles County7
- Lincoln County7
- Lawrence County6
- Moore County6
- Wayne County6
- Carroll County6
- Dyer County6
- Haywood County6
- Henry County6
- Lake County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Obion County6
- Tipton County6
- Fayette County6
- Hardeman County6
- Henderson County6
- McNairy County6
- Franklin County5
- Benton County5
- Cheatham County5
- Crockett County5
- Dickson County5
- Gibson County5
- Houston County5
- Humphreys County5
- Montgomery County5
- Robertson County5
- Stewart County5
- Sumner County5
- Weakley County5
- Chester County5
- Decatur County5
- Hardin County5
- Madison County4
- Bedford County4
- Davidson County4
- Hickman County4
- Lewis County4
- Marshall County4
54 more counties
- Maury County4
- Perry County4
- Rutherford County4
- Williamson County4
- Wilson County3
- Macon County2
- Pickett County2
- Carter County2
- Cocke County2
- Greene County2
- Hawkins County2
- Johnson County2
- Sullivan County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
- Cannon County2
- Coffee County2
- Grundy County2
- Marion County2
- Trousdale County2
- Bledsoe County1
- Clay County1
- Cumberland County1
- DeKalb County1
- Fentress County1
- Jackson County1
- Overton County1
- Putnam County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Smith County1
- Van Buren County1
- Warren County1
- White County1
- Anderson County1
- Blount County1
- Bradley County1
- Campbell County1
- Claiborne County1
- Grainger County1
- Hamblen County1
- Hancock County1
- Jefferson County1
- Knox County1
- Loudon County1
- McMinn County1
- Meigs County1
- Monroe County1
- Morgan County1
- Polk County1
- Rhea County1
- Roane County1
- Scott County1
- Sevier County1
- Union 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.