Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 6 at 6:56AM CDT until May 6 at 7:45AM CDT by NWS Huntsville AL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 6, 2026 - 4:56am
Expires:
May 6, 2026 - 5:45am
Description:
At 656 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tims Ford Lake,
or 8 miles northwest of Winchester, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Winchester, Lynchburg, Decherd, Estill Springs, Cowan, Sewanee, Tims
Ford Lake, Lexie Crossroads, Harmony, and Hurdlow.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Franklin, TN; Lincoln, TN; Moore, TN
Forcast Office:
NWS Huntsville AL
Sender: