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Risk of severe weather Thursday in the Tennessee Valley

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A car navigates the high water over Wooten Road in Graysville, Georgia. Heavy rain and flooding forced the closing of some local school systems on February 6, 2020
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A car navigates the high water over Wooten Road in Graysville, Georgia. Heavy rain and flooding forced the closing of some local school systems on February 6, 2020 Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A car navigates the high water over Wooten Road in Graysville, Georgia. Heavy rain and flooding forced the closing of some local school systems on February 6, 2020

There is a marginal risk of severe weather for the Tennessee Valley, including Chattanooga and Cleveland, Thursday afternoon.

Storms should occur from 12-5:00 p.m. EST and will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph. Northern Tennessee has a greater probability for damaging winds with rainfall totals of 0.75″ to 1.5″ possible Thursday-Friday.

At the time, there is no tornado risk in the Chattanooga area, according to our news partner WRCB.