A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Tennessee and North Carolina until 6 PM CDT. This includes the Nashville Metro Area and most of Middle Tennessee east of I-65.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 600 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE:

CANNON CLAY COFFEE CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DE KALB FENTRESS GRUNDY JACKSON MACON OVERTON PICKETT PUTNAM RUTHERFORD SMITH SUMNER TROUSDALE VAN BUREN WARREN WHITE WILLIAMSON WILSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLARDT, ALTAMONT, BRENTWOOD, BYRDSTOWN, CARTHAGE, CELINA, COALMONT, COOKEVILLE, CROSSVILLE, FRANKLIN, GAINESBORO, GALLATIN, GOODLETTSVILLE, GORDONSVILLE, HARTSVILLE, HENDERSONVILLE, JAMESTOWN, LA VERGNE, LAFAYETTE, LEBANON, LIVINGSTON, MANCHESTER, MCMINNVILLE, MOUNT JULIET, MURFREESBORO, NASHVILLE, PALMER, SMITHVILLE, SMYRNA, SOUTH CARTHAGE, SPARTA, SPENCER, TULLAHOMA, AND WOODBURY.