February 15, 2025
Update
Yes, it’s Sunday now. (ha!) As you all are well aware, most of our severe weather threats come in the middle of the night. This is just the first of many more middle of the night threats to come over the next few months…
The line is still behaving! Good news, indeed. Let’s hope that continues to stay true. The severe storms are down in southern middle TN and Alabama, which is likely stealing some of our storms’ energy. I guess you could say they’re stealing our thunder. ha
But those southerly winds ahead of the line are absolutely rockin’ and rollin’ out there. I’ve heard of some sporadic power outages around the area and those will continue into the night. Keep in mind that the winds will stay gusty through Sunday morning, though they will switch to the northwest around sunrise.
Other than a few flurries tomorrow, that’s about all we’ll see snowwise on Sunday. Wednesday is a different story and we’ll likely see some impacts from some snow that day. More on that in Sunday morning’s forecast update. I’ll have snow day graphics and snow accumulation graphics ready in the morning.
Very heavy rainfall accompanies this squall line tonight, as well as gusty winds and some lightning. Heavy rain follows this line, as well, and flash flooding will be a real concern.
The line is now moving into Livingston and Byrdstown and will soon be moving into Cookeville. I’ll be up until it passes through our area. I’ve heard a rumble of thunder already.
Fyi, I’m working on a good way to go live during severe weather events…especially when it comes to sharing radar and explaining what we’re seeing. I think you all would benefit from that. It would be a way to get a meteorologist’s explanation of what to look out for when events threaten. Heck, you might even learn something about reading radar data! ha I plan to share my screen and just show what I’m watching for, etc.
As for tonight, I’m keeping an eye on things and keepin’ the coffee hot.
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My concern remains elevated because of strong southerly winds that could cause power outages and even minor structural damage. Gusts to 50 mph are possible all night and into the morning hours of Sunday. A wind advisory remains in effect until noon Sunday.
One of the reasons the straight-line wind threat is so high is because of the strong winds we’ll see even outside of storms. Any of these winds could cause trees to fall in our saturated soils.
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