Tornado Watch for West TN
A tornado watch has been issued for West TN until 10:00 AM. The reason: the southern extent of Tropical Depression Ike has enough twist to prompt an isolated tornado.
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Storm Riding KY-TN Border
A strong thunderstorm with the potential for strong wind and hail is riding east along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. In Robertson County a tree was knocked down in front of the Mayor’s Office. The storm will approach Lafayette around 12:15 PM.
We’re crawling the thunderstorm warning on News 2 and will have cut-ins as necessary.
A damage report from Saturday afternoon
Just one damage report from Saturday afternoon, courtesy of the Nashville National Weather Service.
3:15 PM, 3 miles south of Murfreesboro, power poles snapped, trees “topped out” and out building destroyed
Storms east of I-65, for now
At 3:00 PM in the afternoon, scattered thunderstorms covered parts of Middle Tennessee that are east of I-65.
No warnings have been issued yet (through 3:00 PM) but some of the storms will contain hail and strong wind gusts, in addition to the usual threat of lightning. The storms are moving east-northeast at 25 mph.
It wouldn’t surprise me if one of the storms in the easter half of the mid-state prompted the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning over the next few hours.
There were some storms around Nashville earlier this afternoon, but right now things are quiet along I-65 and off to the west.
Afternoon Storms Popping Up
At 1:45 PM, scattered thunderstorms were popping up around Nashville, Wilson County, Rutherford County and Sumner County, as well as up on the Cumberland Plateau.
Here’s a look at the latest visible satellite image. Note the puffy, bright white towering cumulus clouds. Any of those growing clouds could develop into a thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for some of our southern Kentucky counties until 9:00 PM. Hail up to 2″ in diameter and wind gusts of 80 mph are possible in that area. From the Storm Prediction Center:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ACROSS WATCH AREA. WITH 30KT OF STEERING FLOW AND MLCAPES TO 2500 J/KG…DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY AS STORMS DEVELOP INTO SHORT LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS THRU THE AFTERNOON. POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT WINDS GUSTS IN STRONGER STORMS.
Severe Storms POSSIBLE Tonight
Thunderstorms are expected to move in Saturday night. Some of the storms could be strong. We'll watch StormTracker through the night. Here's what the National Weather Service has to say: A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. FAMILIES SHOULD REVIEW THEIR STORM SAFETY PLANS NOW...AND KNOW WHERE TO GO IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE TODAY...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING WEST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE BY MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS EASTERN AREAS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP IN FROM THE WEST... INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID STATE. RIGHT NOW...IT LOOKS LIKE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL LIKELY SEE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY OVER EASTERN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PROBABLY ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL. AGAIN...YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA.
National Weather Service Says 4 Tornado Touchdowns in Montgomery County, All EF-1
News 2 Stormtracker showing the “shear marker” in 3 D, which in this case indicates a tornado.
Our good friend Jerry Orchanian, the warning coordination meteorologist for the Nashville National Weather Service office surveyed the damage around Clarksville today, and concluded that there were four touchdowns, all EF-1 in strength. EF-1 indicates 86-110 mph winds producing damage such as mobile homes overturned or severely damaged (both of which happened), roofs severely stripped, loss of exterior doors, and windows broken. Read more on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Here are the preliminary results of the survey:
1157 PMÂ Â Â Â TORNADOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 14 SW CLARKSVILLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â 36.42N 87.53W
05/02/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â NWS STORM SURVEY
           EF1 TORNADO STRUCK AT 3675 POSSUM HOLLOW ROAD. THE
           TORNADO SNAPPED TREES, TREES WERE LYING IN DIFFERENT
           DIRECTIONS AND 2 VERY LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED BEHIND
           THE HOUSE. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.8 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS
           50 YDS. THE TORNADO ENDED AT HIGHWAY 13 AND MCFALL RD.
1200 AMÂ Â Â Â TORNADOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13 SW CLARKSVILLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â 36.43N 87.51W
05/03/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â NWS STORM SURVEY
           EF1 TORNADO TORE APART A MOBILE HOME AT 4160 TARSUS RD.
           THE MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS BASE, PART OF THE
           MOBILE HOME WAS HURLED ACROSS THE ROAD. TREES WERE
           SNAPPED. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.2 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 30
           YDS.
1205 AMÂ Â Â Â TORNADOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9 SW CLARKSVILLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â 36.47N 87.46W
05/03/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â NWS STORM SURVEY
           *** 3 INJ *** EF1 TORNADO STRUCK AT HARRIS CIRCLE RD. THE
           TORNADO ROLLED THE MOBILE HOME ACROSS THE ROAD. NUMEROUS
           TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO ENDED AT HIGHWAY 13 AND
           HARRIS CIRCLE RD. THERE WERE 3 MINOR INJURIES FROM FOLKS
           INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME.
1210 AMÂ Â Â Â TORNADOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 SSW CLARKSVILLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â 36.53N 87.36W
05/03/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â NWS STORM SURVEY
           EF1 TORNADO STRUCK THE FAIRGROUNDS AT ZINC PLANT RD. THE
           PAVILLION WAS DESTROYED. TELEPHONE POLES WERE SNAPPED IN
           HALF.
Parts of Clarksville Hit Hard
Just after midnight, a strong storm that prompted tornado warnings for Montgomery County knocked trees and powerlines down, and overturned several trailors injuring 3 people. That storm has since weakened. As of 3:16AM there were no watches or warnings in effect for Middle Tennessee.
Here are the damage reports from The National Weather Service:
05/02/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â EMERGENCY MNGR
           3 CONFIRMED INJURIES AS TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER.
05/02/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â TRAINED SPOTTER
           FAIRGROUNDS ALONG HWY 48/13 AND ZINC PLANT
           RD….FAIRGROUNDS PAVILION DESTROYED…TELEPHONE POLE
           SNAPPED IN HALF.
05/03/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â TRAINED SPOTTER
           HWY 48/13 CLOSED DUE TO TREES COVERING THE ROADWAY
05/02/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â TRAINED SPOTTER
           HARRIS CIRCLE IN PALMYRA…TREE DOWN ON THE BEDROOM
           PORTION OF A TRAILER…INJUIRES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
           ALSO…TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT HARRIS CIRCLE.
05/03/2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â AMATEUR RADIO
           HWY 48/13….OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILER AND DAMAGE TO THE
           JAYCEES BLDG
1215 AMÂ Â Â Â HAILÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6 N CLARKSVILLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 36.65N 87.35W
05/03/2008Â E1.75 INCHÂ Â Â Â Â Â MONTGOMERYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TNÂ Â LAW ENFORCEMENT
           GOLFBALL HAIL AT I-24 AND HWY 104
Tornado Watch Until Midnight
A tornado watch has been issued for most of Middle Tennessee until midnight.
Lisa is working some tornado warnings in the western part of the mid-state, near the Tennessee River.
Join us on News 2 for the latest.
Click here for details on the watch from the Storm Prediction Center.
