MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The National Weather Service says Middle Tennessee may see some severe weather Monday evening through Tuesday morning.
Nashville office meteorologist John Cohen says a strong cold front is barreling across the Plains States today and should reach the mid-state late this evening. He says the storms out ahead of the front could be severe.
“We are looking at damaging winds as a possibility. There could be some larege hail and we can’t rule out a few tornados as well.”
Cohen says this storm will be especially dangerous because it will rumble across the mid-state at night.
“You can’t quite see what’s going on as easily as during the daylight hours, so people just need to just hunker down and stay tuned.”
Cohen says the system will also dump 1 to 3 additional inches of rain on already saturated ground So the Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch beginning at 7 p.m. Monday evening. More general flooding in the coming days is also a possibility.
“The rivers and streams throughout the area are a concern, so we’re gonna’ have to continue to watch that even after tonight as we remain a bit unsettled through mid-week.”
Cohen notes that just two weeks into October, Middle Tennessee has already seen more rain than it normally gets in the entire month.