Meteorologist Mark

Issued Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Storm continue to struggle to maintain intensity. They’re definitely not struggling to produce lightning and thunder, but that doesn’t make a storm severe. At this hour, the closest severe storm is over Nashville.

If you notice temps, Nasvhille is 70°, while Crossville and Livingston are reporting 64°. Our air is also drier and not as humid as it is over there. That’s good for us. Our atmosphere in general is more stable than it is over there. I suspect that’s why the SPC has hesitated to even issue a severe t-storm watch for us. That’s not to say they won’t change their minds, but it’s a good sign when they hesitate. It’s also good that they have decided to leave us in the marginal risk for severe storms, which is the lowest of the five risk categories.

It’s honestly looking more and more like a messy storm mode for us overnight, rather than one big potent squall line coming through. So, rumbling thunder will remain likely, along with gusty winds. The strongest cells could produce small hail. This messy storm mode also bodes well for us to get some good downpours across the area. Those fast moving squall lines that we’ve seen so many times in the past normally don’t drop much rain, while the messy storm mode we’re seeing tonight often does produce more coverage of rainfall.

I can’t rule out an isolated severe storm the rest of the night but the severe risk overall continues to look low.

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Issued Tuesday, April 28, 2026

We’ve got some noise makers out there tonight for those of you across northern Overton and Fentress counties, as well as Pickett County and areas to your west. These are not severe, though strong storm advisories have been issued from time to time for gusty winds and small hail. These storms are also producing very heavy rainfall. Storms are moving east. These should give many of you all a good rain!

As you can see, these storms are well ahead of the main action to our west. This is actually good because this allows the atmosphere to let off the instability in smaller bursts, rather than concentrate all the energy on one big squall line. And thankfully they’re stretched out into clusters, rather than isolated cells that we normally worry about ahead of lines. Even the storms across Middle TN to our west are in a messy storm mode, before the main line behind that activity moves in.

We may end up with a severe t-storm watch before the night is through. I doubt they issue a tornado watch for the plateau, since our conditions aren’t as favorable for those. We’d be more likely to see a damaging wind gust with stronger storms.

So far, I haven’t seen any significant damage reports for TN. There are reports from time to time of hail with storms but so far things aren’t looking too bad for us.

You all take care. I’ll be here if anything comes up that you need to know about.

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Issued Monday, April 27, 2026

The squall line is taking shape at this hour in Missouri. I can now narrow our main threat timeframe to 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., with the main bulk of the line arriving around 4:00 a.m. on the plateau. Some storms could develop ahead of the line, as shown on some short-term models, but they shouldn’t be severe.

At this time, the storms are very severe over Missouri, with tornado watches being issued. The line will intensify over the next few hours and is likely to impact West TN with the potential for areas of significant severe weather, including some strong tornadoes. If you have family and friends in West TN, you may want to make sure they’re paying attention to the weather tonight.

As that line enters Middle TN, it will begin to weaken in our more stable atmosphere. By the time it arrives here, we will have the threat for some damaging wind gusts. Hopefully, it just weakens down to rain and thunder. The risk for tornadoes for us is very low.

So, we’ll be tracking this line through the night. Make sure your weather radio is on before going to bed just in case we get a warning.

We have another threat Tuesday night, but right now it looks like the worst of that will stay west of us. I’ll continue to keep an eye on that.

You all take care. I’ll be here if anything comes up that you need to know about.

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Issued Monday, April 27, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Good evening, everyone. There remains the risk for severe storms after midnight. Storms have struggled to develop this evening to our west, so exact timing of the squal line isn’t possible just yet. Once the line forms later this evening, we’ll be able to track it eastward to our area.

Please stay tuned for updates through the evening. I’ll do at least one more update at or before 10:00 pm.

Our threats tonight remain on the lower end of the threat scale. They’re low but not zero. We’ll just have to wait and see how the line behaves as it moves across Middle TN. Once that line forms, I’ll do a special update to give you the latest information. I don’t anticipate raising these threats, but more data will be coming in the next couple of hours that will give me more insight.

The threat timeframe as seen below, may also change. The line of storms may not arrive until closer to 5:00 a.m. per the latest data I’ve looked at. I should have a clearer picture of that with the next update.

As many of you already know, we located Buddy and it wasn’t the outcome we had hoped for, but at least we know where he is. It’s been a rough day, to say the least. I know some of you have probably wondered if I would still be watching the weather tonight and the answer is yes. I actually welcome the distraction. You all have no idea how much your kind words, compassion, and prayers have meant to me during all of this. I have no words to thank you for those except……thank you.

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