At 3:39 pm thunderstorms dotted parts of eastern Middle Tennessee. Counties dealing with the slow-moving storms (and 1″ to 3″ rain totals) include: Monroe and Cumberland (in Kentucky), Clay (very soon), DeKalb, far southeastern Wilson, Cannon (very soon), Bedford (on Shelbyville right now) and Moore (soon). Expect lightning, heavy downpours and the threat of small hail under the heaviest storms.
The thunderstorms will be mainly limited to areas east of Nashville and the I-65 corridor today. A disturbance passing overhead from the northwest has prompted scattered t’showers in West Tennessee and western Kentucky. They are weakening as they approach us, but some of our western counties near the Tennessee River could see a stray t’shower later this afternoon. The very small t’shower chance in Nashville the rest of the afternoon/evening is due to that disturbance. Use the “NWS Radar Loop” at the top of the blog to see if storms are near you.
