Borderline Weather

05/20/2025

Here’s the next Tornado Watch we were waiting for to be issued.

05/20/2025

05/20/2025

We’ve got some not so good looking cells popping up in West TN. These ones are ones to watch and may have some rotation develop quickly.

05/20/2025

Storm development has triggered a Tornado Watch as anticipated. Stay weather aware.

05/20/2025

Stay tuned to weather updates over the next couple of hours. Development here will ultimately impact our area in the coming hours.

05/20/2025

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER ALERT – TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025 ⚠️
West Tennessee & Western Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center has placed our area under an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe thunderstorms today. This indicates a significant potential for severe weather, including:

🌪️ Tornadoes, some of which could be strong (EF2 or greater)
💨 Damaging wind gusts exceeding 65 mph
🌨️ Large hail, possibly over 2 inches in diameter
🌧️ Heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding

⏰ Timing:
Severe storms are expected to develop this afternoon and continue into the overnight hours. Initial discrete supercells may form, followed by a line of storms moving through the area.

📍 Areas at Highest Risk:
Communities including Paducah, KY, Murray, KY, Jackson, TN, and surrounding areas are within the Enhanced Risk zone.

🔔 Safety Precautions:

Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts (e.g., NOAA Weather Radio, mobile apps).
Review your severe weather safety plan and identify your safe shelter location.
Charge electronic devices and have emergency supplies ready.
Stay tuned to local news and official weather sources for updates.
For detailed information, visit the SPC's Day 1 Outlook:
🔗 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

Stay safe and vigilant. We'll provide updates as the situation develops.

05/17/2025

Here are some of the Damage Survey Plans for the storms that came through yesterday.

Tornado damage surveys are planned this weekend and possibly into early next week across the area. Additional surveys of areas not marked on the map are possible as well. Thank you for patience!

05/17/2025

The main storm threat is over for most of our area but it looks like what’s left in our area is clear from tornado threats.

With that said, just a quick recap on what went on tonight at Borderline.

I do not claim to be a professional or degreed meteorologist. However, I am a certified storm spotter and have always loved storms, tracking them, and chasing them.

With that said, we were able to spot and call three tornado warnings on our radar software before the NWS issued the official warnings. One of which I said was a confirmed on the ground tornado per radar correlation coefficient imagery. It wasn’t until a few minutes into seeing this on radar that the warning went out.

That scares me. There were people in the path of a tornado on the ground with no warning. I called one of my friends who had a child living less than 2 miles away from where the tornado traveled before it was warned.

I’m not an expert as I said. I may not be reliable for that matter. But I do think that this is the reason you see people streaming live weather - to help save lives and give warnings.

This isn’t a dig at the NWS because they have a hard job. However, I would like to see some solution to this delayed warning issue. Maybe some of us amateurs can have some sort of direct report method to NWS where we can tip them off like they do for the spotters? I’m not sure what the solution is but we need to do better.

I hope everyone has a safe and restful night. I hope everyone is safe and had minimal damage in their areas. Thank you for viewing and supporting the page.

05/16/2025

⚠️ URGENT WEATHER ALERT – FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 ⚠️
West Tennessee & Western Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center has placed our area under a Moderate Risk (Level 4 of 5) for severe thunderstorms today. This indicates a significant potential for severe weather, including:

🌪️ Tornadoes, some of which could be strong (EF2 or greater)

💨 Damaging wind gusts exceeding 65 mph

🌨️ Large hail, possibly over 2 inches in diameter

🌧️ Heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding

⏰ Timing:
Severe storms are expected to develop this afternoon and continue into the overnight hours. Initial discrete supercells may form, followed by a line of storms moving through the area.

📍 Areas at Highest Risk:
Communities including Paducah, KY, Murray, KY, Jackson, TN, and surrounding areas are within the Moderate Risk zone.

🔔 Safety Precautions:

Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts (e.g., NOAA Weather Radio, mobile apps).

Review your severe weather safety plan and identify your safe shelter location.

Charge electronic devices and have emergency supplies ready.

Stay tuned to local news and official weather sources for updates.

For detailed information, visit the SPC's Day 1 Outlook:
🔗 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

Stay safe and vigilant. We'll provide updates as the situation develops.

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05/16/2025

URGENT WEATHER ALERT – FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 ⚠️

West Tennessee & Western Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a MODERATE RISK (Level 4 of 5) for severe thunderstorms across our region tomorrow. This indicates a significant potential for severe weather, including:

🌪️ Tornadoes, some of which could be strong (EF2 or greater)
💨 Damaging wind gusts exceeding 65 mph
🌨️ Large hail, possibly over 2 inches in diameter
🌧️ Heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding

⏰ Timing:
Severe storms are expected to develop Friday afternoon and continue into the overnight hours. Initial discrete supercells may form, followed by a line of storms (derecho) moving through the area.

📍 Areas at Highest Risk:
Communities including Paducah, KY, Murray, KY, Jackson, TN, and surrounding areas are within the Moderate Risk zone.

🔔 Safety Precautions:

Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts (e.g., NOAA Weather Radio, mobile apps).

Review your severe weather safety plan and identify your safe shelter location.

Charge electronic devices and have emergency supplies ready.

Stay tuned to local news and official weather sources for updates.

For detailed information, visit the SPC's Day 2 Outlook:
🔗 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html

Stay safe and vigilant. We'll provide updates as the situation develops.

05/08/2025

This warning has been canceled early as the threat has diminished.

202 PM CDT Thu May 8 2025

This is for a landspout tornado photographed by Beth Gray that appears to be on the ground near Wyatt posing a threat over a fairly small area but it is robust - so take cover in the immediate area.

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Carlisle County in western Kentucky...
East central Mississippi County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 200 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wyatt, or near Wickliffe, moving southeast at 10
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Carlisle and east central Mississippi Counties,
including the following locations... Wilson City.