East Tennessee Weather

[Vol knight]

Seeing some light sprinkles in South Knoxville.

 

[rocktopper16]

Seeing some light sprinkles in South Knoxville.

Throwing this out there. If we see a light drizzle it could make the atmosphere more unstable.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

State of Emergency for Alabama. The first line this morning was further south than they thought, but the big one comes later today. Hunker down and be safe......22 days from the April 2011 anniversary

We just missed getting hit by that F4 that wiped out Rainsville and Sylvania. That tornado was on the ground for a couple of minutes and headed right for my house, it then pulled up about 3 miles from us, then it drifted north about a quarter mile and dropped again wiping out 4 houses that had just been built, it then started intermittently dropping and pulling up till just before it hit Rainsville, then it dropped and stayed on the ground as a very powerful F4 for about 15 miles. It killed 20+ people. I will never forget that day as long as I live.

 

[WallyBalls]

Currently, I'm between Kingston and Oak Ridge. Are these things going to build in from the south, come in a line from the west, or what?

 

[rocktopper16]

Timing


4-7 with pop up cells.

8-11 will have a very intense line!

 

[rocktopper16]

Update soon

 

[Vol knight]

No changes to the Moderate Risk area, but the Enhanced risk has expanded to now include everyone in East TN.

 

[Vol knight]

The cloud cover is breaking up and the sun is out now.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Clear skies, bright sun in Loudon. That's a bad sign, though?

 

[Vol knight]

Clear skies, bright sun in Loudon. That's a bad sign, though?

Yes. If you seen the movie twister, there is not at lot of clouds before the storms hitting in that movie.

 

[WallyBalls]

Bright sun, humid, almost hot in Oak Ridge.

 

[Vol knight]

Update:

A Tornado Watch will be issued soon.

 

[davethevol]

So is it looking more like severe weather in East TN is likely to occur when the sun is down?

 

[Vol knight]

So is it looking more like severe weather in East TN is likely to occur when the sun is down?

More like sunset. The worst will be past us before midnight.

 

[rocktopper16]

You activated VK?

 

[Vol knight]

Watch Alert!!!!!!!!

Tornado Watch has been issued for the western valley and Plateau (Including Campbell, Scott, Cumberland, Fentress, Anderson, Roane, Rhea, and Morgan counties) until 10:00 PM EST.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

The TWC radar just doesn't convince me this is going to be as bad as everyone thinks for Knox. This is the worst of it (the most red) right around 8:30. Looks spotty and looks like it will be over quickly. Am I wrong in my interpretation here?

 

[rocktopper16]

The TWC radar just doesn't convince me this is going to be as bad as everyone thinks for Knox. This is the worst of it (the most red) right around 8:30. Looks spotty and looks like it will be over quickly. Am I wrong in my interpretation here?

Never go by future cast

 

[rocktopper16]

Should start seeing pop up storms soon

 

[rocktopper16]

Watch Alert!!!!!!!!

Tornado Watch has been issued for the western valley and Plateau (Including Campbell, Scott, Cumberland, Fentress, Anderson, Roane, Rhea, and Morgan counties) until 10:00 PM EST.

It'll move further east as the storms devolp

 

[rocktopper16]

Storms starting to pop up

 

[rocktopper16]

Looks like a cell that just popped up has strong rotation.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Looks like a cell that just popped up has strong rotation.

Where?

 

[rocktopper16]

Where?

McMinnville

 

[rocktopper16]

Tornado confirmed.