Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2006
29 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- April12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 9, 20063 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 1, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 26 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 64 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 56 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke and 23 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton | 6 hr |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay, Dickson, Dyer and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:39 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay, Crockett, Dickson and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dyer County19
- Lake County18
- Lauderdale County17
- Obion County17
- Crockett County14
- Tipton County14
- Carroll County13
- Gibson County13
- Henry County13
- Shelby County13
- Weakley County13
- Fayette County12
- Haywood County12
- Houston County12
- Montgomery County12
- Dickson County11
- Hardeman County11
- Madison County11
- Stewart County11
- Benton County10
- Chester County10
- Hardin County10
- Humphreys County10
- Cheatham County10
- Robertson County10
- McNairy County9
- Decatur County8
- Henderson County8
- Hickman County8
- Lewis County8
- Perry County8
- Wayne County8
- Clay County8
- Macon County8
- Sumner County8
- Bedford County7
- Cannon County7
- Coffee County7
- Davidson County7
- Grundy County7
55 more counties
- Jackson County7
- Pickett County7
- Rutherford County7
- Smith County7
- Trousdale County7
- Warren County7
- Williamson County7
- DeKalb County6
- Fentress County6
- Giles County6
- Lawrence County6
- Marshall County6
- Maury County6
- Overton County6
- Putnam County6
- Van Buren County6
- Wilson County6
- Bledsoe County6
- Hamilton County6
- Marion County6
- Meigs County6
- Rhea County6
- Sequatchie County6
- Cumberland County5
- White County5
- Anderson County5
- Blount County5
- Bradley County5
- Grainger County5
- Knox County5
- Loudon County5
- McMinn County5
- Monroe County5
- Morgan County5
- Polk County5
- Roane County5
- Union County5
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Moore County4
- Campbell County4
- Claiborne County4
- Scott County4
- Jefferson County4
- Sevier County4
- Hancock County3
- Cocke County3
- Greene County3
- Hamblen County3
- Hawkins County3
- Carter County2
- Johnson County2
- Sullivan County2
- Unicoi County2
- Washington County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.