ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee and Nick Petro, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the NWS Raleigh join the entire First Alert Weather team for a special town hall.
Statewide tornado drill happening today, Davidson County not included
Metroâs Office of Emergency Management won t be activating Davidson Countyâs sirens as part of the drill this morning because they will be doing their normal monthly test Saturday at noon. This way the sirens wonât go off two days in a row.
By: Cole Johnson
and last updated 2021-03-05 09:11:36-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â The National Weather Service will hold a statewide tornado drill on Friday. This comes as Tennessee marked a year since the March 3rd tornadoes and Severe Weather Awareness Week.
However, Metroâs Office of Emergency Management won t be activating Davidson Countyâs sirens as part of the drill this morning because they will be doing their normal monthly test Saturday at noon. This way the sirens wonât go off two days in a row.
LINCOLNVILLE – Sunday afternoon, firefighters responded to a 600-acre wildland fire near Lincolnville.
Chance Hayes, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Wichita, spotted the fire using satellite thermal imagery on Sunday. Hayes was monitoring satellite feeds from the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service Group – a subsidiary of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
“Once we recognize a hotspot, we can use our software to drop a pin on that location. That will send out a text to all the individuals in that county that want to be notified of a possible wildfire,” he said.
Hayes said from the time a hot spot is detected and pinned by data-watchers to the time an alert goes out is typically one to two minutes. Hayes said data-watchers can drop pins on potential fires with an accuracy of just a quarter-mile from a wildfire.