A severe t-storm warning has been issued for White and Van Buren counties until 3:45. This storm is mainly between Sparta and Spencer and moving east. IF this storm holds together, it may impact portions of southwest Cumberland County around 4:00 pm.
There hasn’t been any damage reported with this storm and there’s no rotation indicated. Still, these summer storms can pack a punch with little or no warning.
I’m staying parked here for now on the concern meter…no more…no less concerned.
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So far, storms have remained below severe limits. We several strong storms around the area, with one of the strongest being between Sparta and Crossville. That storm could still go severe.
An hour ago, there was barely anyting on the radar. Now, storms are firing off all over the place. That’s actually a good thing! With numerous storms firing off that means the sky gets crowded with storms competing for all the energy. That keeps any one storm from getting too severe.
Just keep in mind that any storm could go severe at any minute. I’ll keep an eye on things!
I’m staying parked here for now on the concern meter…no more…no less concerned.
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Normally, the NWS or Storm Prediction Center gives a heads up when a watch is going to be issued. Not today. ha I would have held off on that last update if I had known a watch was coming this soon. A conference call was held with the NWS at 1:00 and they just re-emphasized the risk for severe storms this afternoon and evening. This watch will likely be cancelled earlier than 9:00 pm for us. I expect it to be cancelled early but we’ll see.
The rest of this info is just a copy of the 1:30 update.
Counties in the severe t-storm watch can be seen shaded in purple on the map below.
The threat for severe storms continues for this afternoon and evening. Radar is clear right now but that could change at any moment. I’ll issue special updates, as needed, throughout the afternoon and evening. The threat for severe storms is much higher in East TN today, so if you’re headed toward Knoxville, be aware of this.
My concern has increased just a bit, owing to the increasing heat and humidity that will add even more fuel to any storm. Keep in mind that storms will be scattered and some of you won’t see a drop of rain. Others of you may have to deal with severe storms.
I lowered the tornado and hail threats. As I mentioned yesterday, we just don’t have the wind shear for a significant tornado threat. The hail threat has been trended lower, so I went ahead and lowerd that threat, as well. We still can’t take the damaging wind and flash flood threat too lightly.
The only adjustments I made to this graph was to lower rain chances through 2:00 pm, since radar is so quiet right now. This only adds to the instability, though. The sooner we see showers and storms fire off, the lower our risk for severe storms would be.
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The threat for severe storms continues for this afternoon and evening. Radar is clear right now but that could change at any moment. I’ll issue special updates, as needed, throughout the afternoon and evening. The threat for severe storms is much higher in East TN today, so if you’re headed toward Knoxville, be aware of this.
My concern has increased just a bit, owing to the increasing heat and humidity that will add even more fuel to any storm. Keep in mind that storms will be scattered and some of you won’t see a drop of rain. Others of you may have to deal with severe storms.
I lowered the tornado and hail threats. As I mentioned yesterday, we just don’t have the wind shear for a significant tornado threat. The hail threat has been trended lower, so I went ahead and lowerd that threat, as well. We still can’t take the damaging wind and flash flood threat too lightly.
The only adjustments I made to this graph was to lower rain chances through 2:00 pm, since radar is so quiet right now. This only adds to the instability, though. The sooner we see showers and storms fire off, the lower our risk for severe storms would be.
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.
