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Due to the location of the Tennessee Valley within Dixie Alley, a region prone to violent and long-tracked tornadoes, much focus has been given to researching and warning weather events in the region. [1] Lawrence County, Tennessee is the site of the only F-5 rated tornado in Tennessee history, occurring on April 16, 1998, dubbed "The Forgotten ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash talks with editors and reporters Nov. 12, 2019, during a meeting with the editorial board at The Commercial Appeal office in Downtown Memphis.
The Kingston Fossil Plant Spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4.2 million cubic metres) of coal fly ash slurry.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), based in Knoxville, imports wind-generated electricity into its service area which includes Tennessee. US Senator Lamar Alexander from Tennessee is an outspoken critic of wind power. [4] 2008 US Department of Energy wind power potential map of Tennessee
There is a chance of some "light wintry precipitation" without accumulation in Knoxville and 1-2 inches of snow likely for the higher terrain of the East Tennessee mountains.
WLLX was one of the parent companies that founded the now independent Tennessee Valley Weather, a 24/7 weather channel carried on a host of digital platform and local cable provider affiliates. In 2020, they purchased a dual polarimetric doppler weather radar [ 2 ] following an EF-1 tornado that struck Lawrenceburg on February 5, 2020.
The Nashville Weather Service continues to evaluate the storm damage and possible tornado paths after destructive storms in Middle Tennessee.