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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2021

20 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
20
Busiest month
March10 tornado watches
Busiest day
December 11, 20213 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 25, 5:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Decatur, Franklin, Giles, Hardin, Hickman and 11 more7 hr
Feb 28, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 33 more8 hr
Mar 17, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCFayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby7 hr
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 13 more6 hr
Mar 17, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy3 hr
Mar 25, 11:26 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCFranklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Moore, Wayne9 hr
Mar 25, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 36 more7 hr
Mar 25, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Moore, Wayne3 hr
Mar 25, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cumberland, Fentress and 14 more2 hr
Mar 27, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Chester, Coffee, Crockett and 24 more7 hr
Mar 27, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 9 more7 hr
Mar 27, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman and 6 more8 hr
Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland and 19 more7 hr
Oct 24, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion4 hr
Dec 10, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more11 hr
Dec 10, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur, Dickson and 20 more10 hr
Dec 10, 10:44 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 34 more6 hr
Dec 11, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 26 more6 hr
Dec 29, 12:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCFayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby7 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Moore and 1 more6 hr

By county

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

38 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 11, 20213tornado watches
  2. March 17, 20212tornado watches
  3. March 25, 20212tornado watches
  4. March 26, 20212tornado watches
  5. March 28, 20212tornado watches
  6. December 29, 20212tornado watches
  7. January 25, 20211tornado watches
  8. February 28, 20211tornado watches
  9. March 18, 20211tornado watches
  10. March 27, 20211tornado watches
  11. October 6, 20211tornado watches
  12. October 25, 20211tornado 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.