Update: Severe Weather Threat Ending
Video Update – 8:15 p.m.
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Weather Update – 2:45 p.m.
Severe thunderstorm warnings are being issued in Arkansas along a line of thunderstorms producing damaging winds and large hail. West Tennessee will see this line continue east over the next few hours as we go on through the afternoon. Severe weather still seems likely for the area but the latest model runs are allowing this line of severe storms to move in slower than we originally anticipated.
Weather Update – 12:00 p.m. Wednesday
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF WEST TENNESSEE UNTIL 8PM WEDNESDAY. This includes Henry, Carroll, Benton, Tipton, Haywood, Madison, Henderson, Decatur, Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Chester, and Hardin counties until 8pm.
Weather Update – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday
For now, light rain continues to move northeast through West Tennessee but there are some locally heavy downpours occurring. We’re keeping an eye on the activity developing in northwest Mississippi which is moving northeast. Our afternoon will likely become active especially after 2pm as the energy continues to rapidly increase. Storms are still expected to start to come to an end in our eastern counties near the Tennessee River around 8 to 10pm. Be on alert for an expansion with the tornado watch momentarily.
Weather Update – 9:26 a.m. Wednesday
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST TENNESSEE UNTIL 5PM WEDNESDAY. This includes Lake, Obion, Weakley, Dyer, Gibson, Crockett, and Lauderdale counties until 5pm. More counties may be added later.
Weather Update – 8:30 a.m. Wednesday
The severe weather risk in West Tennessee has been upgraded to a moderate risk – a 4 out of 5 chance for severe weather in West Tennessee.
The first wave of showers and thunderstorms has been moving northeast through West Tennessee this morning with some cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and locally heavy rainfall. So far, we haven’t seen a good chance for any of the storms in this first wave to become severe, it will be later this afternoon that activity will increase and we’ll have a likelier chance for severe weather.
VIPIRCast is showing the second wave of storms arriving this afternoon and evening. There will be a possibility for tornadoes in this next wave and some of them could be significant long tracked tornadoes. The risk area for tornadoes is primarily focused on southwest Tennessee (areas south of Interstate 40) but especially in counties that border with Mississippi and points south.
We’ll be updating social media throughout the day and with cut ins each hour on WBBJ. Make sure you have a way to get severe weather information including watches and warnings when the National Weather Service issues those products. Be safe!
