Tennessee Valley Weather: Difference between revisions

Due to the location of the Tennessee Valley within [[Dixie Alley]], a region prone to violent and long-tracked tornadoes, much focus has been given to researching and warning weather events in the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/perils|title=PERiLS &#124; Earth Observing Laboratory|website=Eol.ucar.edu|access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref> Lawrence County, Tennessee is the site of the only F-5 rated tornado in Tennessee history, occurring on [[Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998|April 16, 1998]], dubbed "The Forgotten F5".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/ohx/forgottenf5|title=The Forgotten F5: The Lawrence County Supercell during the Middle Tennessee Tornado Outbreak of April 16, 1998|website=Weather.gov|access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tnvalleyweather.com/post/the-forgotten-f5-of-1998-a-look-back|title=The Forgotten F5 of 1998: A Look Back|first=Ben|last=Luna|date=15 April 2020|website=Tnvalleyweather.com|access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref> One of the parent companies, [[WLLX]], a radio station in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, has owned a weather radar since 1987 for general precipitation observing. On [[Tornado outbreak of February 5–7, 2020|February 5, 2020]], an EF-1 tornado impacted the town of Lawrenceburg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tornadoes-cause-severe-damage-in-lawrence-bedford-county#:~:text=LAWRENCEBURG%2C%20Tenn.,embedded%20tornado%20hit%20downtown%20Lawrenceburg|title=Tornadoes cause severe damage in Lawrence, Bedford County|website=Newschannel5.com|date=6 February 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2022}}</ref> with little warning, leading to discussions of the necessity of better warning processes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesdaily.com/news/weather-radar-gap-an-expensive-dilemma-to-solve/article_78868a0c-3de3-5809-a1b7-9829092c4799.html|title=Weather radar gap an expensive dilemma to solve|author=Russ Corey|website=TimesDaily.com|access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref> Subsequently, Tennessee Valley Weather launched in April 2020 following a merger of WLLX and Shoals Weather, a digital weather information provider in Florence, Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stayhappening.com/e/tennessee-valley-weather-ribbon-cutting-E2ISTFETO52|title = Tennessee Valley Weather Ribbon Cutting, WLX Radio, Lawrenceburg|date=19 February 2021|website=Stayhappening.com}}</ref> In 2022, Tennessee Valley Weather transitioned ownership to Tennessee Valley Media, a multimedia corporation in Southern Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tnvalleymediagroup.com/|title= Tennessee Valley Media Group Asset Information|website=TN Valley Media}}</ref>