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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2012

22 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
February5 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 29, 20125 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 10:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 30 more8 hr
Jan 21, 4:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, McMinn, Marion and 5 more7 hr
Jan 22, 5:16 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 7 more6 hr
Jan 22, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 44 more7 hr
Feb 29, 3:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 6 more9 hr
Feb 29, 4:39 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Fentress and 14 more7 hr
Feb 29, 11:31 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon and 68 more8 hr
Feb 29, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Lincoln, Moore7 hr
Feb 29, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamilton and 10 more3 hr
Mar 2, 9:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 46 more5 hr
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more9 hr
Mar 2, 2:19 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more8 hr
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 25 more7 hr
Aug 31, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion8 hr
Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 5 more7 hr
Sep 2, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 36 more7 hr
Sep 2, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more7 hr
Sep 17, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 6 more8 hr
Oct 1, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 16 more7 hr
Oct 1, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cumberland, Fentress and 18 more3 hr
Oct 17, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 7 more7 hr
Dec 9, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 5 more9 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

55 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 29, 20125tornado watches
  2. March 2, 20123tornado watches
  3. January 21, 20122tornado watches
  4. September 2, 20122tornado watches
  5. January 22, 20121tornado watches
  6. January 23, 20121tornado watches
  7. June 4, 20121tornado watches
  8. August 31, 20121tornado watches
  9. September 1, 20121tornado watches
  10. September 17, 20121tornado watches
  11. October 1, 20121tornado watches
  12. October 2, 20121tornado watches

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. Rebuilt daily.