Winter Storm Watches in Tennessee
157 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 157
- Busiest year
- 201015 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 7over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carter County65
- Greene County64
- Unicoi County64
- Johnson County62
- Blount County61
- Cocke County61
- Sevier County61
- Monroe County43
- Claiborne County32
- Hancock County31
- Sullivan County30
- Campbell County29
- Hawkins County29
- Scott County29
- Washington County29
- Fayette County28
- Hardeman County28
- Lake County28
- Lauderdale County28
- Morgan County28
- Dyer County27
- Gibson County27
- Obion County27
- Shelby County27
- Tipton County27
- Carroll County26
- Crockett County26
- Haywood County26
- Henry County26
- Weakley County26
- Chester County25
- Decatur County24
- Fentress County24
- Henderson County24
- Madison County24
- Overton County24
- Pickett County24
- Cumberland County23
- Montgomery County23
- Putnam County23
55 more counties
- Stewart County23
- White County23
- Benton County22
- Clay County22
- Franklin County22
- Hardin County22
- Houston County22
- Jackson County22
- Lincoln County22
- McNairy County22
- Moore County22
- Cheatham County21
- Dickson County21
- Humphreys County21
- Polk County21
- Robertson County21
- Hickman County20
- Macon County20
- Perry County20
- Smith County20
- Trousdale County20
- Union County20
- Van Buren County20
- Wilson County20
- DeKalb County19
- Grainger County19
- Grundy County19
- Hamblen County19
- Sumner County19
- Warren County19
- Anderson County18
- Cannon County18
- Coffee County18
- Davidson County18
- Jefferson County18
- Rutherford County18
- Wayne County18
- Williamson County18
- Bedford County17
- Giles County17
- Lawrence County17
- Lewis County17
- Marshall County17
- Roane County17
- Knox County17
- Bledsoe County16
- Marion County16
- Maury County16
- Rhea County16
- Sequatchie County16
- Loudon County16
- Meigs County15
- Hamilton County14
- McMinn County14
- Bradley County12
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 34 hr |
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.