March 2nd 2012 Tornado Event

Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

2 March 2012 Tornado Outbreak in East Tennessee

Delivered by personnel from the NWS Forecast Office in Morristown, TN at a public meeting of the Smoky Mountain Chapter of the American Meteorological Society on 17 September 2012 at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Morristown, TN.

Speaker: David Hotz (Science and Operations Officer)