Issued Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 1:20 pm

I just wanted to give you all a quick update on our severe storm potential for tonight. Once again, our threat is low but not zero. A conference call with the NWS this afternoon has helped clear some things up, including the timeline. It now looks like the severe threat will be over by midnight, if not sooner! That is wonderful news, right? I think one long night is enough and back to back long nights is just awful.

The other good news is that, like last night, the atmosphere begins to stablize after sunset. Once we start losing heating, the atmosphere stars settling down. Still, we’ll monitor storms to our west this evening and see how they evolve as they move eastward. Last night’s threat was always low and that forecast played out well. The worst thing about last night’s storms was the frequent lightning and very loud thunder. I’m not sure this evening’s storms will be as noisy.

I should add that some of the short term models show the strongest storms splitting and going north and south of the plateau. We can never rule out such a scenario. Hopefully we get some more rain, as we are still in drought even after last night’s rain. Also, while a great many of us picked up a lot of rain last night, some folks didnt’ even get an inch.

I’ll keep an eye on things and issued further updates, as needed! You all take care.

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Issued Tuesday morning, April 28, 2026

We have yet another severe storm threat tonight. Stay tuned for updates. Please scroll down for even more info.

I picked up 1.64″ of rain in my gauge last night! I am very thankful for that.

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Beneficial rainfall fell last night and we’ll hope for more tonight! We’ll also hope for another night without severe storms, though there is a risk for that again.

Today is fine. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies and we’ll hope we don’t see sun. Sun will warm us up more and create more unstable conditions. We don’t want that ahead of tonight’s storm threat.

Wednesday looks showery and we’ll take very drop. Thursday looks good.

A southern system will bring the threat of showers Friday and Saturday, followed by much colder air Saturday night that will lead to frost. If that rain system goes too far south, our rain chances will decrease. That looks like a possibility, so stay tuned to refinements to that part of the forecast.

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We have almost the same threats as last night, with another low-end event….but certainly not zero.

The SPC has our region in the slight risk for severe storms for tonight. This is one level higher than the threat we had last night (we were in marginal last night). Damaging winds are the main threat.

Yesterday’s Storm Reports

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Elevation 1,880 feet

The rain moved in after midnight, so that’s not showing on yesterday’s stats.

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Radar-Estimated Precip From the Past 24 Hours

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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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