Temperatures fell quickly across Middle Tennessee on Sunday and snow complicated commutes on Monday morning.
December tornadoes rank as Middle Tennessee’s fifth-largest outbreak. What we know, and don’t know, about future risks.
To create a tornado, you need to blend four ingredients. But we’d need to be able to look at the molecular level to see when the start button on the blender is being pushed.
The U.S. has seen 18 different billion-dollar weather disasters this year. Tennessee was impacted by 6.
Tennessee has racked up a hefty bill this year thanks to weather and climate disasters. Since January, the state has been impacted by six multi-state, billion-dollar disasters, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In February, an Arctic air mass dumped snow, sleet and ice across Tennessee. That cost as much […]
Nashville Just Had Its Back-To-Back Top 10 Rainiest Seasons
As the remnants of Hurricane Nicholas finally wash away, Nashville will near its average annual rainfall total with three months left on the calendar.
Nashville Faces Five Heat Advisories In A Single Week
Nashville’s actual temperatures and the heat index reached about 95 and 105 degrees, respectively, amid this year’s first heat advisories, all coming in the last week. Still, that didn’t keep locals and tourists from visiting some of the city’s most popular outdoor attractions Thursday.
Thursday’s Heat Wave Won’t Disrupt Power, TVA says
The Tennessee Valley Authority anticipates that 30,500 megawatts of power will be needed to keep air conditioners humming — just shy of the utility’s peak power usage in 2008. The National Weather Service predicts potentially 100-degree weather in Nashville this Thursday, but TVA says it’s ready to meet the elevated electricity demand.
Nashville Updates Its Tornado Sirens, Allowing For More Targeted Warnings
A long-awaited upgrade to Nashville’s tornado warning system has been completed. Emergency managers said Wednesday they’d added 20 additional sirens in rural areas, as well as upgrading 93 existing alarms (read list of locations or view map below).
Evacuees Return After Fleeing Floodwaters On Upper Cumberland Plateau
Listen School resumes in Clay County on Wednesday and residents of the Upper Cumberland Plateau who fled floodwaters have mostly returned home. But emergency responders are keeping a close eye on the rivers that are channeling away the weekend’s torrential rains.
Army Corps: Tennessee Waterways Will Take Weeks To Return To Normal
After record-setting rainfall, authorities say it will take several weeks to return Tennessee’s lakes and rivers to their normal levels.
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