Important Takeaways:

• Heightened tornado risk targets Nashville as severe weather outbreak expands to nearly 150 million Wednesday
• Nearly 4 million people, including the cities of Nashville in Tennessee and Bowling Green in Kentucky, are included in a Level 4 out of 5 risk of severe weather. Another 14 million are included in a Level 3 out of 5 risk, including Memphis in Tennessee and St. Louis in Missouri.
• The nation’s deadly severe weather outbreak enters its third day with a higher risk of strong, long-track tornadoes in densely populated areas.
• This comes as several damaging twisters tore across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Tuesday, with Michigan being the hardest hit.
• Tornadoes, very large to giant hail and destructive wind gusts are all possible. Some of the tornadoes may be EF-2 or stronger.
• “Mayfield, Kentucky, is right in the middle of this. That is always a concern when you see those towns that have been hard hit by severe weather in the last three years or so,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said. “It takes a lot of time to come back from an EF-4 tornado.”
• [According to a Fox graphic: (May 7-8) 126 sever T- Storm warnings, 68 Tornado Warnings, 1 Tornado Emergency]

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