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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2023
30 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- March11 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 3, 20234 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 2, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lawrence, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 35 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County15
- Hardeman County14
- Haywood County14
- Shelby County14
- Tipton County14
- Madison County13
- Crockett County12
- Gibson County12
- Lauderdale County11
- Chester County11
- Decatur County11
- Hardin County11
- Henderson County11
- McNairy County11
- Dyer County10
- Carroll County10
- Wayne County10
- Lawrence County10
- Lewis County9
- Perry County9
- Benton County8
- Davidson County8
- Dickson County8
- Hickman County8
- Humphreys County8
- Weakley County8
- Williamson County8
- Franklin County8
- Giles County8
- Lincoln County8
- Marshall County8
- Maury County8
- Moore County8
- Rutherford County8
- Wilson County8
- Cheatham County7
- Henry County7
- Houston County7
- Montgomery County7
- Stewart County7
55 more counties
- Sumner County7
- Bedford County7
- Cannon County7
- Coffee County7
- DeKalb County7
- Grundy County7
- Putnam County7
- Smith County7
- Van Buren County7
- Warren County7
- White County7
- Robertson County6
- Cumberland County6
- Bradley County6
- Hamilton County6
- Marion County6
- Polk County6
- Sequatchie County6
- Obion County6
- Macon County6
- Trousdale County6
- McMinn County5
- Meigs County5
- Monroe County5
- Lake County5
- Clay County5
- Fentress County5
- Jackson County5
- Overton County5
- Pickett County5
- Bledsoe County4
- Rhea County4
- Anderson County3
- Blount County3
- Campbell County3
- Knox County3
- Loudon County3
- Morgan County3
- Roane County3
- Scott County3
- Union County3
- Claiborne County3
- Grainger County3
- Carter County2
- Cocke County2
- Greene County2
- Hamblen County2
- Hancock County2
- Hawkins County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Sevier 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.