Other than losing sleep because of the sirens at 3 am, all good in West Nashville.
OT: Off-Topic, again.
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This is my first spring in Nashville. How common are nights like last night?
Yeah. Short duration tornado spun up about a mile from my house but apparently no major damage.
It'll happen a few times each year. More often there's one front line stretching north to south that comes across and you'll get a warning off of it here and there. But last night the line was west to east and the cells were lined up like a train, so the same areas got multiple warnings throughout the event, that doesn't happen as often but it's always a possibility.
As for it being "nights" like that, it's definitely more common for these storms to come through overnight, unfortunately.
Armourboy
Hey! We suck!
Yeah the current type of weather is pretty normal, what is making it weird is that it has gotten held up by high pressure to the south east that is just strong enough to keep it in place. Everything normally just rolls through West to East fairly quickly, so you may get hit hard but its one and done.
Bigger issue is it hasn't moved since about 2am Thursday morning, which means those same areas are probably going to get hit again this evening. On top of it the ground will be saturated this go around so flooding and trees falling may become a huge issue in those areas.
I live in Shelbyville, about an hour away from Franklin and haven't seen a drop of rain, and that is jut nuts. What's worse is we could stand to have it as the counties around us are still considered in a drought.
edit: I'll add the amount of steady wind we've had this spring is something that feels different. It's not weird to have windy days before a front comes through, but it feels like 3-4 days of every week we are getting 25-30 mph winds constantly.
Bigger issue is it hasn't moved since about 2am Thursday morning, which means those same areas are probably going to get hit again this evening. On top of it the ground will be saturated this go around so flooding and trees falling may become a huge issue in those areas.
I live in Shelbyville, about an hour away from Franklin and haven't seen a drop of rain, and that is jut nuts. What's worse is we could stand to have it as the counties around us are still considered in a drought.
edit: I'll add the amount of steady wind we've had this spring is something that feels different. It's not weird to have windy days before a front comes through, but it feels like 3-4 days of every week we are getting 25-30 mph winds constantly.
BigFatCat999
First Fubu and now Pred303. !@#$! you cancer
I saw a big hole on the radar--must have been you! Agree with you on the steadiness. It does seem different.
We got some pretty loud hail, wind and rain, but the neighborhood seems to be intact. Haven't ventured out but my sis in Donelson said it was same for her. My daughter (near Nolensville) just sent some video of a swirly cloud over her house from maybe 30 minutes ago, though, so this may be starting up again. If I get another bad weather announcement it'll be one of about 70 I've gotten over the last 24 hours. I know it's a mistake but I'm about ready to put them on ignore.
