NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — The Nashville Office of Emergency Management is keeping an eye to the sky ahead of possible severe weather expected to hit the mid-state this weekend.
District Chief Jay Servais told NewsChannel 5 emergency responders are on standby mode for if and when the weather in the Metro gets severe.
"As far as an organization, we are now standing up in our intel and looking forward into those hours that it could come into Nashville or potentially come into Nashville," said Servais.
The Nashville Fire Department deployed a crew to Louisiana this morning to help, but the Tennesse Task Force 2 was canceled and they were sent back to the mid-state.
As far as crews here, they say they are ready. They tell us they are constantly watching radar and in communication with the National Weather service.
The remnants of Laura are expected to move through Kentucky Friday night into Saturday morning. It will make for a windy Friday for everyone in the region with winds at 15-25 mph and gusts reaching 40 mph.
The heavy downpours could lead to some flash floods. That risk is greater along the Tennessee and Kentucky lines.
When dying systems move through quick spin-up tornadoes are possible. Experts say people will need to be stay weather aware since some of that could happen after sunset.
Servais says that’s the concern their watching.
"And as you know we have deployed a team down south to Louisiana and we had extensive weather briefs from the national weather service before we rolled them out this morning," said Servais., "We’re going into the preparation mode of intel, intelligence gathering and watching that radar and staying in constant contact with them."
District Chief Servais is reminding people of disaster emergency kits. And if you hear a tornado warning this weekend it means it’s in your area with the new tornado siren system.
