Meteorologist Mark

Issued Aug 1, 2026 at 7:15 pm

Well, the storm that moved through southern Cumberland County produced a brief spin-up at Grapevine Road. There were some trees down and some sheds destroyed but nothing major. There was no warning for a severe storm or tornado and radar never showed sigfnificant rotation. This is the kind of stuff that we have to be watchful for on days like today. The threat is low, but not zero. It appears this was a brief spin up and that storm has now weakened significantly. There’s video proof of the tornado that I’m getting now.

Our main threat should be about over but we’ll be weahter aware for the next hour or so, just to be safe. I’ll have more on all of this later.

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Issued Aug 1, 2026

A storm producing a possible tornado is moving toward Crab Orchard. There is no warning but there has been damage and video showing a funnel with that storm. Just be aware of this if you’re in eastern Cumberland County.

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Issued Aug 1, 2026

Storms continue to develop in the area but they all remain below severe limits. A couple of storms down near McMinnville were tagged as being “strong” by the NWS, but they have since settled back down. Actually, I had just posted on Facebook that I was watching the McMinnville storm closely when it suddenly began weakening. lol Maybe I just need to post about this stuff more often and then they’ll weaken? ha!

Seriously, we still can’t rule out an isolated severe storm this evening. The threat should end by 7:00 pm. Nothing has my attention at this time. If that changes, I’ll let ya know!

I continue to feel better! We’re still not out of the woods completely, but we’re trending in a good direction.

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Issued Aug 1, 2026

Clouds are holding tight and, despite adequate wind shear and moisture, storms just aren’t finding enough of a reason to grow vertically into the atmosphere overhead. If sun could come out more, storms would erupt more.

Radar trends are showing more shower and thundershower activity breaking out across Middle TN at this hour. That’s good! That’s keeping the severe weather threat down (versus sunnier skies and a destabilizing atmosphere).

My concern is improving! Trends are currently in our favor!

The only change I made to this graphic from this morning is to shorten our window of opportunity for severe storms. It’s now from now until 7:00 pm. Rain chances remain very elevated this afternoon, as is evident by radar at this hour.

I reduced the tornado threat for this update. The Storm Prediction Center has considered issuing a watch for our area, but they are yet to do that. They had said there was a 40% chance for getting a watch.

As always, I’ll keep an eye on things. While my concern is decreasing, we still need to remain weather-aware, even for the isolated risk for a severe storm. That one storm matters if it’s in your backyard.

You all take care!

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