Severe weather possible overnight Thursday into Friday morning

Posted: Feb 20, 2014 8:03 AM PST

By JULYA JOHNSON

6 Storm Team Meteorologist

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - After a warm a breezy day, a few isolated thunderstorms will pop up this evening (20%) ahead of a main line of strong storms back to our west.

Middle Tennessee will get severe weather during the evening hours today, and that system tracks east into our viewing area by midnight.

These storms will pack a punch with potentially damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, heavy rain, and loud thunder.

We can't rule out an isolated tornado, although we are not expecting a widespread tornado outbreak in our viewing area.

The timing on this looks to be from 11 p.m. until around 3 a.m., and then some rain showers will linger until around 9 a.m. on Friday morning.

Since this is happening during the nighttime hours, it's a good idea to have either a NOAA weather radio or our WATE Weather App. Our WATE App is free, just search "Knoxville Weather" in your phone's store. One of the neat things about this app is that you can set it to follow your current location. It will sound an alert to wake you up if a warning is issued. You can also set it for other counties if you have family in other parts of the state.