Pushing 90

The headline certainly doesn't refer to my age. We'll be HOT across the Cookeville and middle Tennessee area. I don't expect any chance for a shower or thunderstorm today. Those chances increase over the next several days.

Some forecasting models are indicating a possible shift about the middle of next week to most seasonal temperatures and a good chance for rain. We'll see. Temperatures until then will stay very warm with highs mainly in the 80's.

Do you remember the May 2010 flood in Nashville? Here is a great link detailing some of that information from the Nashville office of the National Weather Service.

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Shower Chances Through Tuesday Night

This is the one-year anniversary of the historical middle Tennessee floods. - incredible story - some lasting images below from the flooded Opryland Hotel, the Tennessee Titan's stadium (LP Field), and a flooded interstate and traffic that had nowhere to go.

INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN:
Nashville's airport saw 13.57" on May 1 and 2, 2010.

Franklin TN saw 14.85" on May 1 and 2, 2010. 

Kingston Springs saw 14.91" on May 1 and 2, 2010. 

This is just a sampling as we found some places that received up to 20" in just 2 days. 

FOR COOKEVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS:
Cloudy with thunderstorm chances for your Monday across the Upper Cumberland area. High around 74° with a 50% of those storms. Chances increase tonight to 70% with a low of 55. For Tuesday, expect heavy rains and a high of just 57° and showers taper off Tuesday night and we fall to 38° by morning. Wednesday will see the rainfall end completely with sunshine breaking through. It will be cool, though, with highs only in the lower 60's. More in the latest, local forecast link below.

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Cookeville's Daily Almanac
Our morning low: 68.3°
Yesterday's high: 75.1°
Yesterday's low: 59.4°
24-hour precip total: 0.60"
Month total: .60"
2011 total: 30.73"
Last Year: 73.2° and 61.6°

Normal High: 74°
Normal Low: 57°

Records: 88° in 1942 and 32° in 1963

3.01" of rain fell on this date in 2010

Updates on Alabama Tornadoes:
Tuscaloosa/Birmingham tornado on ground for 80 miles (65 dead/1000+ injuries)
Hackelburg tornado an EF-5 and on ground for 132 miles (death and injuries still unknown)
Remember the youngest victims...orphans

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Near 90 On Sunday

HOT RUN OF WEATHER AHEAD:
We are looking at temperatures to rise to near 90° later today under sun-filled skies. This will be the hottest day, thus far, this year. The outlook for this work week is for warm weather to continue with 80's each day.

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Heavy Rains Return

FLASH FLOOD WATCH:

Up to 4" of rain is possible across Middle Tennessee today and tonight as a stalled front with a couple of upper level disturbances will interact with abundant moisture. 1 to 2" of rain will be common across Middle Tennessee with some locations receiving up to 4". Yesterday, in northeast Cookeville, we received .81" of rain in a short period of time. Some locations in Cookeville, especially northwest, saw twice that amount of rain.

NEW FLOOD INFORMATION:

The National Weather Service offices in Nashville and Louisville have put together an interesting bit of information regarding the extreme flooding from May 1st and 2nd, 2010. It discusses rainfall amounts, river flood levels, shows the 12 highest rainfall totals, flooding facts, and comparison with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Cookeville's Daily Almanac
Yesterday's high: 84.8°  
Yesterday's low: 58.6°
Normal High: 77°
Record: 92° in 1896
Normal Low: 52°
Record: 35° in 1997
Last Year: 83° and 61°
1.27" of rain fell on this date in 1975

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Sunny Weather Continues!

NEARLY SUMMER-LIKE:
With highs expected to reach 85° around the Upper Cumberland region of Tennesseee, it almost feels like a summer's day. Expect this run to continue through Friday! A cold front swings through with showers on Friday night and the weekend will be nearly 20° cooler. The Friday night event doesn't appear to be severe or long-lasting. 

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NASHVILLE'S FLOOD UPDATE:
I continue to write about Nashville's great flood of 2010 over at Examiner. Thank you for all the support over there, too.  

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Nice Week Continues

SUNNY DAY AND WEEK AHEAD:
I continue to write about the flooding in and around the Nashville area over at the Examiner web site. It is a true disaster unfolding in the Music City. One of the bright spots is the weather will really cooperate and aid in the recovery and clean-up phase. We expect skies to be clear through the rest of this week. 

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Titan's LP Field Flooded

Photo from: Nashville Tennessean newspaper

Flooding has now affected the Bridgestone Arena, home of the NHL's Nashville Predators, along with LP Field, home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, and beautiful Schermerhorn Symphony Center, home to some of the most talented musicians in the world. 


The disaster called the Great Flood of 2010 or Nashville's Katrina continues to consume more and more of the historic downtown.  

VIDEO LINK from WRKN-Nashville's ABC affiliate

Opryland Hotel Flooding Pictures

WKRN-Channel 2, the ABC affiliate, has photos from inside the famous Opryland Hotel and Resort. As you can see, the posh hotel has been flooded by the Cumberland River. As much as 10 feet of water is in the resort.

VIDEO LINK from NewsChannel 5 - Nashville