As the second season of severe weather gets going, it’s expected that storms will form Friday throughout portions of the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.
Ranging from Lexington, Kentucky to Mobile, Alabama, over 20 million Americans are facing a threat of severe weather as a cold front and Gulf of America moisture are expected to collide before possible freezing temperatures move in next week, according to the FOX Forecast Center. (RELATED: Aurora Sightings Possible In US After Strong Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued)
Behind a low pressure area, a cold front that’s expected to form by Friday will extend into the southern portion of the Tennessee Valley.
A collision is expected to take place between Gulf moisture drawing north and the cold air heading from the north, as the elements for severe weather put millions of Americans at risk, per the forecast center.
⛈️A few severe thunderstorms are possible across Kentucky and Tennessee on Friday. Quarter-sized hail is the main concern. An isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.
MyRadar meteorologist @MatthewCappucci has an early severe weather preview. pic.twitter.com/I16zwdgtX7
— MyRadar Weather (@MyRadarWX) November 6, 2025
Depending on the amount of destabilization prior to the cold front, there will be the potential for scattered severe storms, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Instability growing prior to the storm, mixing with the collision of air-masses, will permit the development of severe weather Friday afternoon and going into the evening.
Throughout the Tennessee Valley, a level 2/5 severe storm threat has been issued by the forecast center.
The biggest threat of the severe weather risk will be huge hail in the location of the highest shear and tropical moisture, as risks of hail emerge in Nashville, and parts of middle Tennessee and south-central Kentucky.
