This is Wednesday evening, July 22, 2026

We had a close call with severe storms and flash flooding last night and we should be thankful that it missed most of us here on the plateau. I ended up with close to 1.5″ of rain for today here in Rinnie. I know many of you had good totals today. We’ll see another chance for showers tonight before a beautiful Thursday arrives.

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5-Day Forecast

MM says…We have a nice Thursday, before rain chances return in earnest Friday night and Saturday.

My confidence is really good in the 5-Day forecast, but I don have some uncertainties, as seen below. The placement of the front will determine who gets the most rain Friday night and Saturday. Details will be worked out over the next 24 hours.

MM’s Weather Worries

Even though we have higher rain and storm chances coming Friday night and Saturday, there doesn’t appear to be much, if any, severe threat (aside from a possible flooding threat).

MM’s Wx Analysis

Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on the Lousiana coastline this afternoon with winds of 45 mph. That system will continue tracking westward as a weak tropical storm.

An active jetstream pattern continues this weekend, helping bring increased rain chances once again.

Additional Analysis

Yesterday’s storms were rough in Kentucky and to our west around Nashville. We were fortunate to miss out on the tornado warnings and flash flooding.

These are storm reports so far this month. More will be added as more reports are filed from yesterday’s storms.

We’re racking up storm reports nationally too! Each blue dot is a wind damage report.

I’m testing a new radar product for WeatherTAP using 3D radar. How cool is that?! I was playing around with one of the storms in West TN last night. Look how much better you can analyze the storm with 3D!

The imagery is so impressive! I’ll be able to share this stuff with you all during times of severe weather around here. If there’s a tornado, you can often see the tube extending down on 3D radar. Cool stuff!

I was even able to see some weak rotation with the storm, something I’ll be able to show you all with storms here on the plateau when severe weather occurs again.

You all have a wonderful rest of your week! I’ll see you in the mornign with a fresh new daily forecast!

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Today is Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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MM’s Hourly Forecast

5-Day Forecast

MM says…A showery day today but a pleasant Thursday ahead!

6-10 Day Temp & Precip Outlook

MM’s Weather Worries

MM’s Wx Analysis

Our summer cold front continues to sluggishly move through the area. Drier air will filter in from the north later this afternoon.

Scattered thunderstorms with severe gusts, hail and a tornado risk are possible near a cold front from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic tonight. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida into Louisiana through Wednesday.

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Yesterday’s Local Weather Stats

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Yesterday’s Storm Reports

Radar-Estimated Precip from Yesterday

Drought Conditions

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Issued July 21, 2026 at 9:37 pm

The severe t-storm watch has been cancelled early. A flash flood watch remains in effect until Wednesday morning.

With the front slowing down so much, rain and storm chances may linger into the early afternoon of Wednesday. The NWS said they may extend the flash flood watch past the early morning deadline. I’ll have a full update on this in the morning forecast update.

You all take care and thank you for trusting me with your weather!

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Issued July 21, 2026

The warning that was in effect for western Putnam County was cancelled a few minutes early, thanks to the storm weakening substantially on radar.

Storms were very severe earlier in Kentucky. Then, severe storms blew up over the Nashville area. Both of those big batches of storms really drained a lot of the energy from our atmosphere.

The severe storm threat continues to diminish for the plateau. I expect the severe t-storm watch to be cancelled early and I’ll let you know when that happens.

Remember, we remain under a flash flood watch through the night, as this front slowly makes it way south.

Other important weather information will be shared when needed. This includes additional severe weather information, model data, drought info, hurricane info, and more. Some of these can be found as tabs to this page at any time.

Disclaimer: This website/app should never be considered your primary source of severe weather warnings.