NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
537 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE TONIGHT...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.
FAMILIES SHOULD REVIEW THEIR STORM SAFETY PLANS NOW...AND KNOW WHERE
TO GO IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE
TODAY...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING
WEST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS
OF THE MID STATE BY MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS EASTERN AREAS BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP IN FROM THE WEST...
INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID
STATE.
RIGHT NOW...IT LOOKS LIKE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE WILL LIKELY SEE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP BY
MIDNIGHT...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY OVER EASTERN AREAS
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND PROBABLY ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL.
AGAIN...YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS CHANGING WEATHER
SITUATION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY
IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SEVERE STORMS MAY LINGER EARLY SUNDAY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...BUT SHOULD END BY MID MORNING.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA BY LATE WEEK...AND
COULD PRODUCE YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED
TONIGHT...AND MAY BE REQUIRED LATER IN THE WEEK AS WELL.
