Severe Weather Outlook for Tonight

Cold front to our NW will slowly push into our area and become stationary just to our S.

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
515 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 

 
…WEST TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT…

.WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AND TIMING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER EXTREME WESTERN WEST TENNESSEE. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR 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 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE, THERE WILL BE A FEW AREAS THAT COULD SEE UPTO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL..

.AREAS AFFECTED

A *SLIGHT* RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TO BROWNSVILLE TO SOMERVILLE. IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BUT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD MAKE IT INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES.

.DISCUSSION

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST TENNESSEE AREA AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT, HOWEVER THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND CONTINUED PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

NWS/SPC/EH
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