Dsty2001

I mean, it's still way to early to throw in the towel.

From 12z the 23rd to 00z the 24th, the temp almost drops 40 degrees. Not saying it isn't possible as we've all seen drastic temp swings, but wow

It's....it's beautiful

What's wild is thats at 10:1 ratios O.o

I'd imagine the ratios will be greater than 10:1 with the frigid 850's

Looks like Kingsport is about to get hammered

Attention then turns towards this afternoon and evening as additional convection is expected to redevelop within the warm and humid atmosphere. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 80`s across the area, and dew points will peak in the upper 60`s. This means there will be plenty of moisture for storms to feed off of in the afternoon if convection can get started. Today is a bit different than yesterday`s convection as there isn`t really a significant source of synoptic level forcing to initiate storm development, so determining location and timing of storms is a bit more difficult. Water vapor imagery shows a bit of a moisture boundary from southern Illinois down to northeast TN/southwest VA. This could axis could be one of the forcing mechanisms for storm initiation, especially south of this boundary...In addition to any outflow boundaries left over from the overnight convection moving out of eastern Kentucky. At this point the expect storms to redevelop in the afternoon hours with the strongest solar heating taking place. Forecast soundings and mesoanalysis continue to show ample surface based CAPE of up to 4,000 J/kg in the most aggressive models, and steep mid level lapse rates of over 7-8.5 C/km. Luckily the deep layer shear looks fairly weak, and is mostly uni- directional across our area, which will hopefully limit (but not totally eliminate) tornadic development. An additional surge of storms could move into the area after sunset from stronger storm development over western Kentucky, but still some uncertainty if this will move more into WV or VA. The main threats with storms this afternoon and evening will be Large hail possibly up the size of ping pong balls, and strong straight line winds in excess of 70 mph. In addition storms training over the same location could cause isolated flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas, and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out at this point. Storms will eventually come to an end after sunset and loss of solar energy. Fog will be possible overnight as skies slowly clear out, mainly in areas that receive rainfall from the afternoon storms.

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 302 AM EDT Thu May 19 2022 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-200715- Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins- Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen- Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene- Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter- Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-Northwest Blount- Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains- Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-Northwest Monroe- Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee- Wise-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA- 302 AM EDT Thu May 19 2022 /202 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A round of showers and thunderstorms is expected this afternoon into tonight. The primary threat will be strong straight line winds and large hail. If multiple storms move over the same area it could lead to isolated flooding of low lying areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS while following local, state, and CDC guidelines. $$

Not sure if anybody is interested but MRX has a virtual skywarn spotter training on their Facebook page. Here is the link but not sure if it'll work on here https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstorymaps.arcgis.com%2Fcollections%2Fbd6cffba42de4339981758cecc110e36&h=AT2qeZpHqIolR1W7wmin-2uGVYYRDxGQi2O5chbiE_3kvVo4nxbtpyh0vw_oyyFpWeKCD4hx35VA2dajs92cBMLqWeW6S4S7_82eB7jAIz741jdc_kxBy1t-yjB5gFI4bA&s=1

Couple of images I snapped yesterday before the first storm rolled through

Yeah didn't realize my phone recorded at such poor quality, gonna have to check on that cause it's supposed to be 4k lol

Uploaded it to the tube, pretty sure it's scud but definitely one of the thicker scuds i've seen lol

This last one that came through was something else, pretty sure I recorded some rotation but gonna have to check the video out to be sure. Might have been scuds though

Ohh

Having a really intense storm roll through, started off with some hail then absolute down pour, pretty intense winds as well. Power flickering, won't be surprised if we lose power

Can't remember the last time a tornado watch dropped for the entire area

Tornado Watch TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 186 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 140 PM EDT FRI MAY 6 2022 TORNADO WATCH 186 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TNC001-007-009-011-013-019-025-029-035-049-057-059-063-065-067- 073-089-091-093-105-107-121-123-129-137-139-143-145-151-155-163- 171-173-179-070000- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0186.220506T1740Z-220507T0000Z/ TN . TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ANDERSON BLEDSOE BLOUNT BRADLEY CAMPBELL CARTER CLAIBORNE COCKE CUMBERLAND FENTRESS GRAINGER GREENE HAMBLEN HAMILTON HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON JOHNSON KNOX LOUDON MCMINN MEIGS MONROE MORGAN PICKETT POLK RHEA ROANE SCOTT SEVIER SULLIVAN UNICOI UNION WASHINGTON $$

I know not all severe weather is directly related to daytime heating, I experienced one of the worst storms during a day that had rain on top of rain, however my knowledge is super lacking in this area.

Been cloudy here all morning and now rain, wonder if that will limit the severe wx later today

Thor was very angry with that car

I've seen some of the heaviest snow showers I've seen in a while today, looks like another one moving in

Had a burst of snow here :-o

Looks like more storms popping off to the west

Heavy rain and lightning, not a lot of wind but the light show was super impressive! With the way 2022 has went so far, stood outside for 10 minutes and decided not to press my luck lol

Temp got to 82 here, hoping to see some good lightning at least!