Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2009
30 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- April12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20095 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 10, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:38 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, McMinn and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:09 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 49 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Grundy, Jackson and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Houston and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheatham, Henry, Houston, Lake, Montgomery, Obion and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell and 66 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 47 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Giles, Hardeman, Hardin, Lawrence, McNairy, Wayne | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Davidson County14
- Marshall County14
- Maury County14
- Sumner County14
- Williamson County14
- Bedford County13
- Cheatham County13
- Rutherford County13
- Wilson County13
- Hickman County13
- Lawrence County13
- DeKalb County12
- Macon County12
- Robertson County12
- Smith County12
- Trousdale County12
- Giles County12
- Lewis County12
- Wayne County12
- Houston County12
- Cannon County11
- Clay County11
- Coffee County11
- Jackson County11
- Perry County11
- Dickson County11
- Montgomery County11
- Stewart County11
- Obion County10
- Grundy County10
- Overton County10
- Pickett County10
- Putnam County10
- Warren County10
- Benton County10
- Humphreys County10
- Dyer County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Cumberland County9
- Fentress County9
55 more counties
- Van Buren County9
- White County9
- Lake County8
- Tipton County8
- Bledsoe County8
- Lincoln County8
- Meigs County8
- Moore County8
- Rhea County8
- Sequatchie County8
- Gibson County8
- Henry County8
- Weakley County8
- Bradley County7
- Franklin County7
- Hamilton County7
- McMinn County7
- Anderson County7
- Campbell County7
- Loudon County7
- Monroe County7
- Morgan County7
- Roane County7
- Scott County7
- Chester County7
- Crockett County7
- Haywood County7
- Shelby County6
- Marion County6
- Polk County6
- Blount County6
- Knox County6
- Union County6
- Hardeman County6
- Hardin County6
- McNairy County6
- Carroll County6
- Decatur County6
- Henderson County6
- Madison County6
- Claiborne County5
- Sevier County5
- Fayette County5
- Carter County4
- Cocke County4
- Grainger County4
- Greene County4
- Hamblen County4
- Hancock County4
- Hawkins County4
- Jefferson County4
- Johnson County4
- Sullivan County4
- Unicoi County4
- Washington County4
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.