Snow and Ice Possible Wednesday and Thursday (November 14th - 15th)

This blog post is pertaining to the chance for accumulating snow and ice from WEDNESDAY, November 14th to THURSDAY, November 15th, 2018.

UPDATE - 1:00pm TUESDAY, November 13th, 2018

Accumulating snow and ice is continuing to look more and more likely for West Tennessee from Wednesday through Thursday. Here's a short summary of this 4 minute and 7 second video.

SUMMARY 

• A Winter Weather Advisory is going to be issued for West Tennessee from 6 a.m. Wednesday through noon Thursday
• A wintry mix will begin to fall in West Tennessee from the later hours of Wednesday morning through Thursday morning
• The best chance for snow and ice will be from 3pm Wednesday through 9pm Wednesday
• Snow amounts could be highest in northwest Tennessee near the Mississippi River
• Ice amounts could be highest near the Tennessee River
• Impacts to church schedules for Wednesday night services and school schedules are likely, but due to road temperatures being warmer than freezing, most roads will be passible

Watch WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 5:00pm for the forecast totals!

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Potential for Severe Thunderstorms Tonight, Monday November 5th

NOTE: This blog post is pertaining to the severe weather risk for the evening of MONDAY, November 5th, 2018.

UPDATE - 11:30am Monday, November 5th, 2018

Little has changed with the forecast. We're likely going to see severe thunderstorms in West Tennessee with a primary threat for damaging winds. While tornadoes still seem possible, they're mainly likely near the Tennessee-Mississippi state line.

SUMMARY 

• Showers and thunderstorms are coming today (Monday 11/5/2018) from the afternoon through the first half of the night - from just after noon through midnight
• Severe weather looks most likely to occur from 6pm through 12am
• Everyone in West Tennessee will get rain but not everyone will get severe weather 
• Damaging winds are the main threat but tornadoes and large hail are possible too
• Tornadoes are possible especially along Interstate 40 and points south

Watch Moe Shamell give the latest forecast live on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 11:30am and at 12p!

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Risk for Severe Weather Monday, November 5th, 2018

NOTE: This blog post is pertaining to the severe weather risk for the afternoon and night of MONDAY, November 5th, 2018.

Figured we'd go with another video briefing today but I'll still put a summary below if you don't have time to watch. The video is 6 minutes and 49 seconds long.

SUMMARY 

• Showers and thunderstorms are coming tomorrow (Monday 11/5/2018) from the afternoon through the first half of the night - from just after noon through midnight
• Severe weather looks most likely to occur from 5pm through 11pm, but that timeline has been trending earlier and earlier with new incoming data
• Everyone in West Tennessee will get rain but not everyone will get severe weather 
• Damaging winds are the main threat but tornadoes and large hail are possible too
• Tornadoes are possible especially south of Interstate 40 and points south

Watch Corallys Ortiz give the latest forecast live on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 5:30p and at 10p!