Severe Weather Possible on Saturday

Weather Update – 11:30 p.m. – Friday, March 8th

Light rain, drizzle, and fog continue to spread over West Tennessee tonight with isolated thunderstorms in southwest Tennessee. A warm front is moving north through West Tennessee tonight bringing in warmer weather and more water to the atmosphere. We have a potential for strong thunderstorms tomorrow within that environment and we may have more than one round of thunderstorms.

TONIGHT
Showers and isolated thunderstorms will remain possible in West Tennessee overnight with drizzle and fog through Saturday morning. Temperatures will end up warming up after midnight with temperatures in the middle and upper 50s by sunrise Saturday morning.

We’re looking at a chance for strong thunderstorms in West Tennessee tomorrow with an initial round of wet weather coming through in the morning and early afternoon.

This round could produce isolated instances of large hail and damaging winds. A second round will develop along the cold front in the afternoon and early evening.

If there’s enough energy in the atmosphere still left, some thunderstorms within that second round may begin to rotate with a potential for a tornado, especially near the Mississippi River. Strong winds will be possible tomorrow afternoon and evening without any thunderstorms present as well. The strongest gusts could end up with speeds between 40 and 50 miles per hour. Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast, and keep up with Storm Team Weather Online too for more updates.

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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