Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2026
6 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay and 46 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County5
- Hardeman County5
- Hardin County5
- McNairy County5
- Shelby County5
- Benton County4
- Carroll County4
- Chester County4
- Crockett County4
- Decatur County4
- Dyer County4
- Gibson County4
- Haywood County4
- Henderson County4
- Henry County4
- Lake County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Madison County4
- Obion County4
- Tipton County4
- Weakley County4
- Houston County3
- Humphreys County3
- Stewart County3
- Bedford County2
- Cheatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Dickson County2
- Giles County2
- Hickman County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lewis County2
- Macon County2
- Marshall County2
- Maury County2
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Robertson County2
- Rutherford County2
- Sumner County2
33 more counties
- Trousdale County2
- Wayne County2
- Williamson County2
- Wilson County2
- Bledsoe County1
- Bradley County1
- Cannon County1
- Clay County1
- Coffee County1
- Cumberland County1
- DeKalb County1
- Fentress County1
- Franklin County1
- Grundy County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McMinn County1
- Marion County1
- Meigs County1
- Monroe County1
- Moore County1
- Morgan County1
- Overton County1
- Pickett County1
- Polk County1
- Putnam County1
- Rhea County1
- Sequatchie County1
- Smith County1
- Van Buren County1
- Warren County1
- White County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.