Good Saturday afternoon, gang. As expected, thunderstorms are blowing up across the region and some of them are going severe. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, but I can’t rule out a tornado or two. We will also have to be on guard for flash flooding.
I have the blog all set for your tracking needs. Use the interactive radar to zoom into your street…
Track today’s action…
Today’s risk area
Current Watches
Possible Watch Areas
Have a great afternoon and take care.
60% chance by the Storm Prediction Center for a severe weather watch. This possible watch could include eastern parts of both Tennessee and Kentucky and perhaps into West Virginia. Strong damaging winds are the threat with the highest chances. Relatively low chances of large hail and even lower chances for an isolated twister so odds may be that any watch will be a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
As it is, by this time of the year the highest tornado threat is starting to shift away from KY and TN towards the Great Lakes area and the northern plains. In nearly 150 years of records, neither KY nor TN have experienced tornadoes stronger than F3/EF3 from about late May to November. Indeed, both Kentucky and Tennessee have recorded no tornado fatalities during the month of July (again, as long as records have been kept). This said, it’s not a zero tornado threat during the summer either, and there are plenty of other summer risks like lightning, severe heat, etc. But at least we can start to let down our guard against tornadoes a little….if not totally.
Today hasn’t been a total washout. Kind of surprised.
Great stats, TennMark – interesting and good to know.
Thanks for the mid-day update, Chris.