Science meets storytelling with the UT Martin Meteorology program ⛈️🎥! Students recently participated in a broadcast meteorology workshop with @wx_ktmelvin from News Channel 5 in Nashville.
An arctic airmass will arrive this weekend, but there is still some uncertainty on just how cold it will get. As of today, portions of West Tennessee have a 40% to 50% chance of lows below 20 F Saturday, Sunday, and Monday mornings.
Hurricane Hunters just found 893mb extrapolated pressure in the eye of #Melissa!
That would make Melissa the 4th strongest storm all-time in the Atlantic Basin only behind 1935 Labor Day, Gilbert, and Wilma.
Today is the 72nd anniversary of the first tornado to be detected by radar - 4/9/53, in Champaign County, Illinois. This particular tornado was captured by the radar at Willard Airport and was photographed by Don Skaggs, who used a 35mm film camera mounted atop the A-scope
We issued 270 warnings in the last several days, including 49 Flash Floods, 115 Severe Thunderstorms, and 106 Tornado Warnings. #TNWx#ARWx#MOWx#MSWx#MidsouthWx
An insane 226 tornado warnings have been issued in the last 12 hours across the United States as a major tornado outbreak unfolds.
Multiple strong to potentially violent nighttime tornadoes have impacted communities across Mississippi and Tennessee in the past hour.