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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2011
44 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- April25 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 27, 201110 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 24, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Fentress, Houston and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Dickson and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 72 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Coffee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay, Davidson and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Claiborne and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:19 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:08 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin, McNairy | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 66 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 1, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 9 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 45 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Cumberland and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Marion, Polk | 7 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County17
- Humphreys County17
- Montgomery County17
- Fayette County16
- Haywood County16
- McNairy County16
- Madison County16
- Stewart County16
- Benton County15
- Carroll County15
- Chester County15
- Crockett County15
- Dickson County15
- Hardeman County15
- Hardin County15
- Henderson County15
- Henry County15
- Davidson County15
- Macon County15
- Rutherford County15
- Smith County15
- Sumner County15
- Trousdale County15
- Wilson County15
- Decatur County14
- Gibson County14
- Shelby County14
- Tipton County14
- Cannon County14
- Cheatham County14
- Clay County14
- Cumberland County14
- Jackson County14
- Putnam County14
- Robertson County14
- White County14
- Williamson County14
- Hamilton County14
- Lauderdale County13
- Lawrence County13
55 more counties
- Wayne County13
- DeKalb County13
- Fentress County13
- Overton County13
- Pickett County13
- Van Buren County13
- Warren County13
- Bradley County13
- Polk County13
- Hickman County12
- Lewis County12
- Perry County12
- Weakley County12
- Bedford County12
- Coffee County12
- Grundy County12
- Marshall County12
- Maury County12
- Franklin County12
- Moore County12
- Dyer County11
- Lake County11
- Obion County11
- Giles County11
- Lincoln County11
- Blount County11
- Knox County11
- Loudon County11
- McMinn County11
- Meigs County11
- Monroe County11
- Rhea County11
- Jefferson County10
- Marion County10
- Morgan County10
- Roane County10
- Sevier County10
- Anderson County9
- Bledsoe County9
- Campbell County9
- Carter County9
- Claiborne County9
- Cocke County9
- Grainger County9
- Greene County9
- Hamblen County9
- Scott County9
- Sequatchie County9
- Unicoi County9
- Washington County9
- Hancock County8
- Hawkins County8
- Johnson County8
- Sullivan County8
- Union County8
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.