A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for Sunday night and Monday as weather, storms, and tornadoes threats build across Middle Tennessee. Damaging wind remains the main concern, with a few storms capable of turning strong or severe before sunrise.
Showers and storms will move in around midnight from the northwest, and storms should reach Nashville around 1 a.m. The greatest severe-weather risk then shifts to Monday, when wind, hail and an isolated tornado will be possible.
Middle Tennessee and the Cumberland Plateau
People in northwest Middle Tennessee and southwest Kentucky have the greatest chance of receiving any severe weather. A very low chance for an isolated tornado is also listed near the TN/KY line.
The storms will weaken as they push southward, even as damaging wind stays the main concern. That leaves Nashville in the path of the overnight band, but the stronger Monday threat is centered farther east, along and near the Cumberland Plateau from mid-afternoon through early evening.
Monday and the Cumberland Plateau
By mid-evening Monday, the severe threat will be done. Until then, areas of rain and possibly a strong or severe storm can return through the afternoon and evening window.
Low rain chances then return Wednesday and Thursday, another batch of storms is likely late Friday, and drier, hotter weather moves in for next weekend. For readers in the overnight path, the practical step is to watch the first round before midnight and the second round Monday afternoon, especially if they live east of Nashville.
