The Storm Prediction Center has posted four separate Severe Thunderstorm Watches.
They extend from extreme NE Arkansas and West Tennessee across Central and North Tennessee, most of Kentucky except the extreme west, all of West Virginia, part of Northern Virginia, extreme SE Ohio, the south half of Pennsylvania and part of Maryland and New Jersey.
Meanwhile, far away to the southwest, a Tornado Watch is in effect for SE New Mexico, including Roswell and Carlsbad and for part of West and SW Texas.
There have been a number of hail reports across Middle Tennessee this afternoon and several high wind reports. One tornado has been reported in SE New Mexico.
MID-AFTERNOON RADAR CHECK
Radar at 3:00 this afternoon showed a long zone of thunderstorms with very active lightning from just north of Memphis into Eastern Kentucky and all the way into Central Pennsylvania. Numerous lightning strokes were also occurring in a wide zone from NE Texas down to near San Antonio. Also, people in the Texas Panhandle, the Western Plains and Eastern New Mexico are also getting an overdose of lightning.
Yes, sir, lightning is frightening.
Numerous Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been posted from State College, Pennsylvania and Charleston, West Virginia all the way out to Albuquerque and southward to Corpus Christi, including warnings for Little Rock, Ft. Worth, Memphis, Nashville. At least three tornado warnings this afternoon issued by Albuquerque and Midland/Odessa.
