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March ushers in severe thunderstorm season




March kicked off the severe thunderstorm season in Tennessee, and we were reminded of it last Sunday night with the first tornado watch of the season in the Volunteer State.

The threat will continue to grow as we get into April and May. Who can forget the tornado outbreak of last March 2-3, 2020 with 25 deaths, 19 of those near Cookeville, in a violent EF-4 tornado that had winds between 170-200 mph.

There were five people killed in the tornado that moved across Davidson and Wilson counties. It was rated an EF-3.

We have a dry and cool weather pattern should set in around late Wednesday and last through the weekend if all goes as planned. Low temperatures will be in the upper 20s, but the highs will reach the low-to-mid 50s. I am expecting us to get into the 60s again around March 9 through March 15.

March can produce some bad weather, as spring tries to push winter out of the picture, and the large temperature variations, with the warm and cold doing battle, produce everything from tornadoes to the blizzard of ’93.

I will be right here to keep you updated through whatever happens.

Steve Norris is a weather guru. Send him an email anytime with questions or comments to weather1@charter.net.

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