The line of thunderstorms stretched to Nashville’s north is slowly sagging southward. At 3:36 am, Clarksville and Erin are on the leading edge of the heavy rain and gusty wind. As we head toward daybreak, I think thunderstorms will remain along and north of I-40. The northwest corner of Middle Tennessee will continue to see the most active weather. A tornado watch continues until 9:00 am this morning, so we’ll monitor the storms closely for any signs of rotation. I think the main problems will be gusty wind on the leading edge of the storms as well as heavy rain due to the slow movement. Some areas in southern Kentucky will contend with flooding due to several inches of rain over the past 24 hours.
Archive for September, 2006
Early Morning Update
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006New Tornado Watch For North & Northwest Middle Tennessee
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
Strong storms continue to move east northeast through Kentucky, but some may graze our north and northwestern counties in Middle Tennessee. Hence, a Tornado Watch until 9am. I’ve been noticing some outflow boundaries moving southeast across the Tennessee border and this may also help trigger some storms in north Middle Tennessee.
Our temperature at 1am: 80 degrees! That doesn’t help.
Numerous Trees Down In Hopkinsville Area
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006Storm Reports are trickling in. The Hopkinsville area reporting numerous trees down. I’m sure that there are also power outages from that storm.
As mentioned below, there is another storm on following the first that could be as strong as the first that could reach Hopkinsville by 1:15am.
Another Strong Cell Moving Towards Cadiz, KY To Follow The Same Path
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006There is a new tornado warning for Calloway County (Murray, KY). This storm should eventually move into Trigg County, followed by Charistian and Todd Counties like the one before it. It shows strong shear, high winds, and a possible tornado. Again, this will stay north of Nashville.
70-80 MPH WInds Likely In Hopkinsville & Cadiz, KY Through 11:30pm
Friday, September 22nd, 2006A strong line of storms is showing damaging winds and large hail moving through Trigg and Christian Counties in Kentucky. A Tornado Watch remains in effect for South Central Kentucky and West Tennessee until 2am. Click on the radars above and the “Watching & Warnings” icon and refresh often.
Radar Update
Friday, September 22nd, 2006The storm that moved into the Land Between The Lakes area has now weakened as it moves into the Ft. Campbell Hopkinsville area. A line of strong storms is approaching Paducah and extends southwestward into northern Arkansas. This line should move east northeastward across Kentucky overnight, north of a warm front near the TN/KY border. This still could clip some northwest Middle Tennessee counties, so it bears watching.
Tornado Warnings For Carrol, Henderson Counties in Tennessee, Calloway County in Kentucky
Friday, September 22nd, 2006We have two storms of concern as of 8:15pm, one that is near Murray, KY that will move into The Land Between The Lakes area, and possibly Ft. Campbell and Hopkinsville, KY.
The other is approaching Huntingdon, TN in Carrol County. This one could eventually affect Camden and Waverly.
Click on the radar above and the “Watches and Warnings” icon and refresh often. We may get busy here in the weather center very soon.
Almost Surrounded By Tornado Watches
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Finally a chance to post a blog on the net!
There were tornado warnings earlier this afternoon for Wayne, Lawrence, and Giles counties. Luckily, those storms weakened, and there were no reported touchdowns. There are some more storms moving northeastward out of Alabama that we will have to watch. Sharon Price, our friend/observer in Huntland in Franklin County (bordering Alabama) called to say that the low level clouds were moving very quickly from the south, with mid level clouds above them moving quickly from a more southwesterly direction. This indicates strong shear that can develop severe or tornadic storms. We will be monitoring Stormtracker very closely this evening.
We will also have to keep our eyes peeled over the weekend as a cold front approaches from the west.
I’ll have more on that after I finish our 6pm newscast.
Tornado Warning Continues for Lawrence County
Friday, September 22nd, 2006A tornado warning continues for Lawrence County until 4:00 pm CDT. According to the NWS it is Doppler-indicated and headed toward Lawrenceburg. Watch Lisa on News 2 for the latest.
Late Morning Look at Radar
Friday, September 22nd, 2006At 11:37 am, a line of thundershowers was pushing into the northwest corner of Middle Tennessee. Henry and Stewart counties have dealt with heavy rain and gusty wind, as well as isolated pockets of small, non-severe hail. Places like Clarksville and Erin could see wet weather after midday into the early afternoon, including counties like Montgomery, Houston, Humphreys and Benton. Nashville and the rest of the mid-state should stay mainly dry the next couple of hours, although scattered t’showers could develop in our area before the afternoon commute.
