Stormy Pattern Brings Severe Risk

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
825 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

 
…WEST TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…

.WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AND TIMING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND OF 60 MPH. THE TIME OF THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE.

.AREAS AFFECTED

A *SLIGHT* RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TO SOMERVILLE.

.DISCUSSION

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST TENNESSEE AREA AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

NWS/SPC/EH
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