*Slight* Risk of Severe Thunderstorms This Afternoon & Evening

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
6:47 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

 

…SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR TODAY…

.WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AND TIMING

THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE. THE TIME OF THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.AREAS AFFECTED 

THE AREA THAT IS IN A *SLIGHT* RISK IS WEST OF A LINE FROM DRESDEN TO JACKSON TO BOLIVAR.

.DISCUSSION

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.  THE ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WOULD EXIST PRIMARILY IN ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE.  INSTABILITY WILL BECOME MARGINAL AS THE LINE CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT. 

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