Back on Thursday, Dr. Phil Klotzbach from Colorado State University released their 2024 forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season. Their forecast calls for what could be considered a very active hurricane season, and is the largest April forecast they have released. They are calling for 23 named storms, with 11 of those becoming full-fledged hurricanes, […]

The latest information early this Tuesday morning from the NWS Storm Prediction Center maintains the Level 3 of 5 “Enhanced Risk” of severe storms for this afternoon and evening for all of our area. The timeline we have shown since yesterday morning has not changed. The main severe weather risk for our viewing area remains […]

It’s been 1 year since the 3rd biggest tornado outbreak in American history took place. Do you remember the day? We certainly do. As luck (or perhaps the lack thereof) would have it, the Tennessee Valley was the host of the longest-tracked tornado of the outbreak, an EF-3 tornado that impacted Bethel Springs and unfortunately […]

Before we get into the gory details of the forecast, the elephant in the room is… just how nice today is. Looking down from 22,000 miles up, the satellite shows almost no cloud cover anywhere in the Tennessee Valley (and the nearest rainfall? Something like 600 miles away!). When you take this beautiful clear weather […]

If you pay any attention at all to weather information online or from broadcast outlets, you have at some point seen flashy red graphics used to draw your attention to the potential for impactful weather. Various outlets call this different things, based on their station’s branding. You may hear terms like “First Alert Weather Day”, […]

It’s a windy one out there today, folks! We have a Wind Advisory in effect through Tuesday morning. Expect sustained winds 20-30mph, and gusts up to 50mph. The strongest winds will be tonight, as a line of showers and storms power through the region. Before we get there, expect highs in the mid to upper […]

We’ve had some sunshine across the Tennessee Valley on this Thursday, but clouds are beginning to thicken up ahead of the next weather system off to our southwest. Temperatures are mainly in the upper 60s and lower 70s as of the early afternoon, but I expect us to climb into the low to mid 70s […]

Tennessee and it’s surrounding neighbors are no stranger to tornadoes. One only needs to look back at the Spring of last year – 2023 – to see that the state was host to the strongest tornado of the 3rd most widespread tornado outbreak in American history – and the long-term trends aren’t painting any more […]