Photos of the Rotating Wall Cloud to Blame for the Tornado Warning; Hot Next 3 Days

Wall clouds descend from rotating storms. Tornadoes often come out of them. Some wall clouds don’t rotate. Those that do are God’s way of warning you a tornado may be imminent. Here’s a chronological collection of several (but not all) of the photos you all sent in of today’s rotating wall cloud, which set off this afternoon’s tornado warning in Williamson County. We do not have any reports this produced a tornado. read more

Severe Weather Approaching

This morning at 11:30 a.m., the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) wrote that our atmosphere

appears favorable for a cluster of storms to evolve in one or two bands that could include embedded supercells/bowing segments with large hail and . . . especially later this afternoon . . . damaging wind. read more

Severe Weather Possible This Afternoon/Evening

This morning at 11:30 a.m., the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) wrote that our atmosphere

appears favorable for a cluster of storms to evolve in one or two bands that could include embedded supercells/bowing segments with large hail and . . . especially later this afternoon . . . damaging wind. read more

Storms Possible Tonight at #CMAFest. Stormy Monday. Hot/Dry Tuesday

Tonight

Expect sunshine and scattered thunderstorms, which we will be watching for you on Twitter @NashSevereWx. One or two storm lines is expected tonight and during the overnight hours. Some storms could be strong. read more

Today’s Rain & Storm Chances for #CMAFest, Vandy Baseball

Morning & Afternoon – High 82

At 7:00 a.m., Columbus, MS, radar showed storms entering SW Middle Tennessee:

By noon, the glamorous High Resolution Rapid Refresh Model (or HRRR, my favorite model) spreads in a lot of north-moving rain & thunderstorms from N Mississippi and Alabama: read more

Sunday Rain/Storm Concern for #CMAFest; 90s Return This Week

Tonight – 72 at 10 p.m.

No chance of rain.

Sunday – High 84

Our National Weather Service wrote the following (in blue) to emergency management personnel and other CMA Music Festival organizers: read more

Nice Tonight & Saturday, Chance of Rain Sunday

Today – Rain Ending

Drunken scattered showers continue pushing into both counties, moving east (watch out for lightning!). NWS thinks we will eventually clear out and have a very nice evening.

Saturday – High 82 read more

Your Complete CMA Music Festival Forecast

Tonight

Tonight there is a 40% chance for scattered showers that could develop in the overnight. Should not be too much of a problem if you’re heading to the CMA Music Festival. No washout, just a little nuisance rain if anything does develop. read more

Rain Tomorrow, Gorgeous CMA Fest Weekend Ahead

Tonight

The airport reported only 0.07″ of rain today. Areas west of us picked up doppler estimated 0.30″ of rain. No more storms are expected today

More thunderstorms are expected after midnight. read more

Aside From Rain Thursday, Expect a Beautiful CMA Music Festival

Today

Has been awesome, partly cloudy skies, warm, low humidity, and just a slight breeze.  Tonight will be just as nice with temps in the low 70s under partly cloudy skies.

Wednesday – High 87 – Rain Chances Return read more