Image courtesy National Weather Service in Morristown
Note: This story was last updated at 3:43 p.m.
There is a higher risk of severe thunderstorms across the region today (Tuesday, July 14), forecasters said.
The storms could bring widespread damaging winds and very large hail, and isolated tornadoes are possible, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown.
Here are the latest updates (as of 3:43 p.m. Tuesday) from the National Weather Service:
Image courtesy National Weather Service in Morristown.
Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, and flooding are possible in the region starting Monday evening and continuing through Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown.
Isolated tornadoes are possible, mainly across the Cumberland Plateau and southern half of the Tennessee Valley, the Weather Service said. A tornado watch remains in effect until 8 p.m. Monday for southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee. The watch includes Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, and Scott counties, among others.
The flood watch is in effect from 8 p.m. today until 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The National Weather Service said its main concerns are the isolated tornadoes, widespread damaging winds that could cause power outages due to fallen trees and power lines, and heavy rainfall producing flash flooding. Large hail is also possible.
The forecast near Oak Ridge calls for a 60 percent chance of heavy rain this afternoon, with a 100 percent chance of severe thunderstorms tonight. [Read more…]
A community gazebo at Rarity Ridge collapsed during a brief storm in Oak Ridge on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Bob Wolf)
A community gazebo collapsed and trees snapped at Rarity Ridge during a brief Wednesday afternoon storm, a resident said.
The wind damage, which occurred between about 4:15 and 4:30 p.m., appeared to be in a very localized area inside the residential development in west Oak Ridge, resident Bob Wolf said.
Soffits had blown off the front and rear porches of one home, and shingles were missing. Another house had its gutter torn off, and the white plastic fencing at several homes was damaged, Wolf said. [Read more…]
Severe thunderstorms are expected across East Tennessee through this evening, with damaging winds and large hail possible. (Image courtesy of National Weather Service in Morristown.)
Severe thunderstorms are expected across East Tennessee through this evening, with damaging winds and large hail possible.
Localized flooding and isolated tornadoes are also possible, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown.
The forecast for Oak Ridge calls for showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after midnight. [Read more…]
Large hail falls onto a deck in Oak Ridge on Aug. 1. (Photos by Donato DiGregorio)
An afternoon storm that lashed Oak Ridge on Aug. 1 pounded parts of the city with one-inch-diameter hail.
Meteorologist Jessica Winton said the National Weather Service in Morristown received many reports of hail as big as a quarter, which is “kind of average” over East Tennessee.
Winton said the Weather Service received reports of a few trees down in Farragut from the storm, and one large tree down on the north side of Oak Ridge.
Winds gusted up to 43 mph in Oak Ridge during the storm.
Hail peppers parts of Oak Ridge during an Aug. 1 storm.
Oak Ridge School Board member Dan DiGregorio took pictures of the hail on his deck and in his yard.
