Severe Storms Predicted for Sunday

Severe storms are predicted to hit our area on Sunday, bringing with it the possibility of tornadoes and damaging hail.
According to the National Weather Service a strong storm system will move across the Tennessee Valley producing two rounds of showers and thunderstorms - one in the morning and one in the late afternoon/evening. The main concern will be damaging winds, but isolated tornadoes and hail up to half dollar size will be possible.
There is still uncertainty on the evolution of the system with later updates to the potential of severe storms and timing likely. You can keep abreast of the latest forecast and updates by going to the National Weather Service's Website: 
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MRX&product=HWO

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.