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The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for the southern portion of the Upper Cumberland until 11:00pm tonight.
Dekalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties are part of the watch. Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Overton and Pickett Counties are not part of this tornado watch
The storm track brings the worst weather to the Upper Cumberland between 6pm and 9pm.
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service’s Nashville office said the biggest threat for tornadoes remains in southern middle Tennessee, from Shelbyville to Columbia down to Lawrenceburg and Fayetteville.
A cold front centered over west Tennessee will combine with a warm front moving northward out of Alabama and Mississippi to fuel the storms. The question facing forecasters: how far north will the front get? That front carries with it warm, moist air that would make the atmosphere even more unstable and drive the tornado threat. Wind sheer in the atmosphere remains quite high this afternoon.
Without the tornado threat, forecasters remain concerned about a large hail threat across the Upper Cumberland tonight.
