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Nws Confirms 3 Tornadoes Hit Davidson, Williamson, Wilson Counties

... March 1 2017 5:57 PM EST 2017-03-01 22:57:30 GMT. Damage was reported across Watertown. (WSMV). In Wilson County, the damage left behind by Wednesday's morning storms stretched for miles. It was easy to find signs of destruction across Watertown. Wednesday, March 1 2017 4:37 PM EST 2017-03-01 21:37:24 GMT. The boy was inside the mobile home when the tree fell. (WSMV). A 12-year-old boy and an adult were hurt when a tree crashed into their mobile homes on Riley Road. Wednesday, March 1 2017 3:20 PM EST 2017-03-01 20:20:05 GMT. WCS Superintendent Mike Looney (WSMV file photo). The superintendent of Williamson County Schools is apologizing for not delaying classes on Wednesday morning as powerful storms moved through the area. More > >. NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -. The National Weather Service has confirmed three EF-1 tornadoes hit Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties on Wednesday morning. In Williamson County, the tornado hit near Cool Springs between Brentwood and Franklin. Damage was reported along Concord Road as a result. A second tornado touched down ...

A 20-minute Tornado Touchdown Warning? Alabama Scientists Go For It

... lightning. They see farther than ground detectors and allow scientists to study the relationship between lightning, precipitation and storm energy. Beyond their predictive value for storms, Christian said the lightning mappers have purely scientific value. They will increase our "basic understanding of physics.". Storms can produce "as much energy as an atomic bomb," Christian said. "That's a lot of energy. A thunderstorm is a vertical machine that helps raise that heat up higher in the atmosphere. It all works to cause a nice, stable environment.". The lightning mapper on the space station turned on this week. The mapper on the weather satellite is already working but still in testing mode. "There are a lot of knobs we have to go through to optimize it," Christian said. "We don't want forecasters to have the data before it is optimized. They get the wrong idea and think it's not as good as it really is. We want to make sure there's no false signatures. It's important.". The team will fly a third lightning sensor in NASA's ER-2 high-altitude airplane in April to help ...

Nws Confirms 2 Tornadoes, Investigating A Potential Third

... in a shedlike shelter in Watertown when her husband called and told her to get out. She left the Wilson County recycling and garbage facility where she works before the shed was aloft and moved 100 feet, then caught by a fence like trash blowing in the wind. She took cover in her truck. “I held on to the steering wheel and prayed,” she later said. That was just on March 1. March, April and May make up the peak period for tornadoes, according to forecasters who said warm weather in recent months may signal a more tumultuous tornado season this year. “We definitely don’t want to let our guard down,” said Justyn Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Nashville. “It was kind of good to knock off the dust, so to speak, with this weather that came through.”. Severe storms are the price to pay for warm weather mixed with moisture. “It ...

Severe Storms Prompt Tornado Warnings, 2 Confirmed

... the Sun Trust Bank on Galleria Boulevard. The storm and tornado passed through during the peak of rush hour traffic. Sirens began sounding in Nashville while reporter Dan Kennedy was on the air. Davidson County remained under a Tornado Watch until 10 a.m. Franklin Police have reported several lines down, as well as trees and power lines. Travelers were advised to use extreme caution during commute. A warm front brought scattered showers to the area on Tuesday, and those storms essentially primed the atmosphere ahead of Wednesday's cold front. The Emergency Operations Center in Nashville was activated at 5 a.m. Wednesday in anticipation of the storms. A possible tornado touched down in Illinois Tuesday night, causing significant damage as it moved into Kentucky and Tennessee. Just before 8:30 p.m., a tornado watch was issued for many Southwestern Kentucky counties until 4 a.m. ...

Tornado Warning Alerts Inconsistent Across Northeast Ohio

... 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Show Caption. Thousands of residents woke up to the sound tornado sirens Wednesday morning but inconsistent alert systems across Northeast Ohio left many people unaware. The tornado warning technically spanned from Northeast Medina County, Southeast Cuyahoga County, most of northern Summit County, and parts of Northwestern Portage County and Southwestern Geauga County. But tornado sirens blared in areas far outside the warning area. Each municipality has it’s own guidelines as to when the sirens sound. The City of Cleveland doesn’t have sirens while cities like Macedonia chose not to use them. And the sirens aren’t meant to be heard inside of your home; they’re meant to alert people outdoors. That’s where the Wireless Emergency ...