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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2008
32 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 32
- Busiest month
- May8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20084 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 8, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Franklin, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, Marion, Moore and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, McMinn and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 9 more | 10 hr |
| May 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 7 hr |
| May 11, 8:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Moore, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crockett County11
- Dyer County11
- Gibson County11
- Lauderdale County11
- Shelby County11
- Tipton County11
- Fayette County10
- Haywood County10
- Lake County10
- Madison County10
- Obion County10
- Weakley County10
- Carroll County9
- Henry County9
- Chester County9
- Hardeman County9
- Hardin County9
- Henderson County9
- McNairy County9
- Lincoln County9
- Moore County9
- Decatur County8
- Franklin County8
- Bradley County8
- Wayne County7
- Coffee County7
- Giles County7
- Lawrence County7
- Overton County7
- Pickett County7
- Putnam County7
- Hamilton County7
- Hickman County6
- Lewis County6
- Montgomery County6
- Perry County6
- Bedford County6
- Cannon County6
- Cumberland County6
- DeKalb County6
55 more counties
- Fentress County6
- Grundy County6
- Marshall County6
- Maury County6
- Warren County6
- White County6
- Campbell County6
- McMinn County6
- Marion County6
- Sequatchie County6
- Cheatham County5
- Dickson County5
- Humphreys County5
- Robertson County5
- Davidson County5
- Jackson County5
- Macon County5
- Rutherford County5
- Sumner County5
- Trousdale County5
- Van Buren County5
- Williamson County5
- Wilson County5
- Morgan County5
- Scott County5
- Anderson County5
- Bledsoe County5
- Claiborne County5
- Grainger County5
- Knox County5
- Loudon County5
- Meigs County5
- Monroe County5
- Polk County5
- Rhea County5
- Union County5
- Benton County4
- Houston County4
- Stewart County4
- Clay County4
- Smith County4
- Blount County4
- Hancock County4
- Roane County4
- Hamblen County3
- Jefferson County3
- Sevier County3
- Cocke County2
- Greene County2
- Hawkins County2
- 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.