Excessive Heat Warning for Dickson County until 8pm. Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 113. Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events.

New: Severe Thunderstorm Watch until midnight.

New: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Eastern Dickson County until 1:30am Severe storm moving through the Burns and White Bluff area and will soon be in Cheatham County. 60mph winds and small hail possible with this storm.

I’m aware of the explosion that happened this morning in Bucksnort on the Hickman/Humphreys line at 7:50am. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and first responders as they work the scene. For more information, follow Hickman County Emergency Management Agency.

Sharing at the request of Hickman County EMA: Residents near Bucksnort/McEwen may hear controlled explosions at times related to the ongoing investigation from yesterday’s incident. Advance notice will be posted on social media channels. I will do my best to share those here.

Sharing at the request of Hickman County EMA for residents of Bucksnort/McEwen area: AES - A controlled disposal will occur at 5:00pm today. Black smoke will be visible and there may be a small detonation.

Sharing at the request of Hickman County EMA for residents of Bucksnort/McEwen. Controlled detonations are expected throughout the day today. Black smoke can be expected.

*face palm* Slight risk is a 2 on a scale of 0-5, not a 3. I'm a bit rusty as it's been a minute (in a good way).

New: Tornado Watch until 10pm

New: Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 3:45pm for Western Dickson County. 60mph winds and 1 inch hail possible with this storm.

New: Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 4:30pm for Dickson County.

Some rotation trying to happen with this storm near Montgomery Bell State Park.

Getting ahead of the social media engine: NWSNashville has not confirmed a tornado in Dickson County from today. They will determine if the damage warrants a storm survey and only after that will they determine if one happened and what strength.

Sharing again on social media since I saw some prominent posts claiming otherwise. NWSNashville has not confirmed a tornado in Dickson from Friday’s storms. There was an area of damaging straight line winds (that can sometimes cause very similar damage) that moved through.

Visible with the naked eye near Fairview! NashSevereWx DicksonSevereWx HickmanSevereWx

Northern lights are out and about in Dickson County!

Yall head outside and look north northeast for the northern lights, visible to the naked eye! This is my view from Bon Aqua with some light pollution.

Getting to see this for the third time in the last two years has just been amazing. Barely caught the peak before it faded and now changing to some greens.