Saturday, November 30, 2019

Threat for Severe Weather Today: Saturday, November 30th

NOTE: This blog post is pertaining to the risk for severe weather on the afternoon and evening of SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30th.



UPDATE - 10:30am Saturday, November 30th, 2019

Showers and thunderstorms have already made for a wet morning in West Tennessee with heavy downpours and occasional thunder and lightning but the risk for severe weather will be delayed until the afternoon and evening. The threat for tornadoes is low but it's always one we take seriously and will continue to monitor for. There is a greater chance for damaging winds and large hail today than there is for tornadoes but even their risk is slight (level 2 out of 5).

SUMMARY 

  • Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move through for the rest of the morning and early afternoon but they're not expected to be severe
  • Non-thunderstorm wind gusts may not be as high as they were this week on Tuesday night, but could still gust to 30 mph this afternoon and evening
  • A second round of thunderstorms will develop in the middle of the afternoon and continue through the evening: 3pm - 9pm
  • The 2nd round poses a slight risk for damaging winds and large hail with a low risk for an isolated tornado
  • Wind gusts will be stronger on Sunday possibly up to 40 mph
Meteorologist Corallys Ortiz will have the forecast hour-by-hour live on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 6:00pm on CBS. wbbjtv.com/live