...MULTIPLE DAYS WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREATS START SUNDAY... AN INTENSE AND ENDURING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PUT MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER THE GUN FOR SEVERE WEATHER THREE DAYS IN A ROW STARTING SUNDAY EVENING. ONGOING STORMS UPSTREAM OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE FOR THOSE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THESE STORMS WILL CARRY WITH THEM THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND THEY COULD PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO GOING TO BE A CONCERN AS TRAINING STORMS COULD GIVE A FEW AREAS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE THREATS COULD LAST INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS ON MONDAY. ON TUESDAY...THE SAME WEATHER SYSTEM MAY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT DAY OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOW. CHECK YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FRESH BATTERIES AND HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO FOLLOW IF YOU COME UNDER A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AT SOME POINT SUNDAY...MONDAY OR TUESDAY. -WXM-
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:38:19 +0000