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Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2025
33 tornado watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 33
- Busiest month
- April11 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 15, 20255 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 15, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Giles and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Hamilton and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Decatur and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 9 hr |
| May 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 68 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Cumberland, Fentress, Grainger and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 39 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 40 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hickman County14
- Lewis County14
- Maury County14
- Perry County14
- Wayne County14
- Hardin County13
- McNairy County13
- Cheatham County13
- Dickson County13
- Lawrence County13
- Robertson County13
- Williamson County13
- Benton County12
- Carroll County12
- Decatur County12
- Gibson County12
- Hardeman County12
- Haywood County12
- Weakley County12
- Davidson County12
- Giles County12
- Houston County12
- Humphreys County12
- Marshall County12
- Chester County11
- Crockett County11
- Fayette County11
- Henderson County11
- Henry County11
- Lauderdale County11
- Tipton County11
- Bedford County11
- Montgomery County11
- Rutherford County11
- Dyer County11
- Obion County11
- Madison County10
- Shelby County10
- Sumner County10
- Lake County10
55 more counties
- Cannon County10
- Clay County9
- Jackson County9
- Macon County9
- Smith County9
- Stewart County9
- Trousdale County9
- Wilson County9
- DeKalb County9
- Fentress County9
- Overton County9
- Pickett County9
- Putnam County9
- Franklin County8
- Lincoln County8
- Moore County8
- Marion County8
- Sequatchie County8
- Coffee County8
- Hamilton County7
- Cumberland County7
- Van Buren County7
- Warren County7
- White County7
- Bledsoe County7
- Scott County7
- Bradley County6
- Grundy County6
- Morgan County6
- Rhea County6
- Anderson County5
- Blount County5
- Campbell County5
- Loudon County5
- McMinn County5
- Meigs County5
- Monroe County5
- Polk County5
- Roane County5
- Knox County4
- Claiborne County4
- Grainger County4
- Hancock County4
- Union County4
- Sevier County3
- Hamblen County3
- Hawkins County2
- Jefferson County2
- Sullivan County2
- Carter County1
- Cocke County1
- Greene County1
- Johnson County1
- Unicoi County1
- Washington County1
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.