Sunny And Cool....

Forecast Discussion:

Very chilly start for your Monday morning with temperatures in the teens.  Looks like a nice warm up for today with mostly sunny skies and lower 40s for highs.  Another cold night with mostly clear conditions and lows in the upper teens to lower 20s.  Tuesday slightly warmer with highs in the mid to upper 40s.  Tuesday night partly cloudy with lows in the upper 30s to lower 30s.

Extended Discussion Summary:

Much warmer conditions by Wednesday and unsettle weather returns by Thursday and Friday.

Severe Weather Awareness Week:

Today's Topic:  Severe Thunderstorms

Severe  thunderstorms can strike any  time of  the year.  Severe  thunderstorms  and  tornadoes  are more  frequent in the spring months of March, April and May.   Tennessee also has a "secondary" severe weather  season in November and December. Severe thunderstorms can, and do, occur anytime of the day and night and during any month of the year.  Damaging  

thunderstorm winds are much more common in Tennessee than tornadoes.   

The National Weather Service defines a thunderstorm as “severe” when wind speeds reach 58 

mph  (50  kts) or stronger and/or 3/4 inch hail (or larger) falls from the storm.  Winds from severe thunderstorms can well exceed 100 mph, overturning trailers, unroofing homes, and  toppling trees and power  lines. Most of  the storm damage  in  the Mid-South  is caused by “straight  line winds” from thunderstorm downbursts. Severe Thunderstorm wind speeds may exceed the wind speeds of weak tornadoes.  All thunderstorms are capable of producing deadly lightning. 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  

Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes with little or no warning!! 

   

Severe Thunderstorm Safety Rules 

 

FIND  SHELTER  IMMEDIATELY.  Go to a sturdy building that will withstand high winds. Avoid electrical appliances, metal pipes and corded telephones. 

 

When a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued for your location, treat it the same as  

you would a Tornado Warning.  Remember that severe thunderstorms can produce damaging 

winds, large hail and deadly lightning. 

Information provided by:  The National Weather Service in Morristown, TN