Ben Cathey
Meteorologist and Climate Reporter at WVLT-TV (Knoxville, TN)
WVLT meteorologist and resident trivia nerd. NWA and CBM sealed. Actively not scrolling #wxtwitter
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1 month ago |
wvlt.tv | Spencer Denton |Ben Cathey
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The main line of strong to severe storms will arrive this evening and continue across east TN and southeast KY through midnight. MAIN RISK: Significant straight-line damaging wind, especially on the Cumberland Plateau associated with a big line of storms. SPC has our western counties in a high risk for damaging straight-line wind which doesn’t happen often. SECONDARY RISK: A spin-up tornado along the main line along with small hail.
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1 month ago |
wvlt.tv | Tod Hyslop |Ben Cathey
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -The low level southwesterly flow is keeping east Tennessee and southeast Kentucky well supplied with sufficient heat and humidity for the development of showers and thunderstorms today. Those thunderstorms may become strong over the higher terrain along the North Carolina border. We have already seen some rather strong storms form over the Smoky Mountains in this southerly flow pattern.
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2 months ago |
wvlt.tv | Ben Cathey
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A First Alert: just like your Channel Eight meteorologists, the kindergartners at West Elementary love talking about the weather. Meteorologist Ben Cathey made the drive to Hamblen County on Wednesday, meeting with just under 100 of the kids at West. We lined the kids up in the colors of the rainbow, showing them how the colors of ‘Roy G.
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2 months ago |
wvlt.tv | Ben Cathey
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - This evening is going to be warm with a partly sunny sunset with the winds gusting at times. Be sure you have the WVLT First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android to keep up with the latest forecast details for your location. WHAT TO EXPECTThe weekend overall is going to be warm and breezy with a mix of sun and clouds. Overnight we’ll have a mostly clear sky, so enjoy the stars and moon. It’s going to be warmer for the start of Saturday at 62.
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Dec 6, 2024 |
ourcommunitynow.com | Ben Cathey
Share KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - No, that wasn’t Styrofoam that you saw on the side of the road Wednesday morning. Tens of thousands of frost flowers formed on what was then the coldest morning of the season. These frost flowers typically happen for each grass stem only once per season. And as we head to delay the first freeze, and this was the coldest day of the season, they were everywhere. Here’s how it works: think of a pasta machine or your kids Play-Doh toys.
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RT @WVLTWeather: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was just issued by the NWS. More info in the WVLT First Alert Weather app. https://t.co/np3…