Two Potential Bullets Dodged

According to the Storm Prediction Center, 35 tornadoes touched down in 5 states yesterday.

1. 11 in Tennessee
2. 10 in Indiana
3. 7 in Kentucky
4. 5 in Missouri
5. 2 in Illinois

So we dodged the severe weather bullet with most of the storms fury unleashed in Western and Middle Tennessee. Tornadoes touched down as close as Franklin, and Columbia.

It will be interesting to see 3 day rain totals come in from the Channel 3 Storm Alert Skywatchers this afternoon. I'm guessing based on what fell at my house, that most locations will have 1" to 3" totals since Monday. And that helps us dodge the wildfire bullet that appeared to get more ominous with each passing dry day until this front came along.

And what a front it is. Yesterday's high was 76. That's one degree shy of the record 77 set for the date in 1933. Officially the airport was 70 at midnight, so that will be the high in the books for today. But blustery conditions will keep us in the 40s for the rest of today. And some cold starts are ahead of us. 29 with wind Thursday morning. 26 Friday morning. 28 Saturday morning.

Gradual warming by the weekend, but only into the upper 50s to around 60 by Sunday afternoon.