What To Expect From Summer Storms in Nashville

6/16/2021 (Permalink)

Nashville, Tennessee, is prone to high humidity and temperamental summer storms in the middle of the year. These weather conditions often make moisture control within your residential and commercial properties quite difficult, resulting in mold and mildew growth, or even flooding and water damage. To help you prepare to combat summer storms and prevent them from damaging your home or business, we’ve gathered a couple of tips together to help you know what to expect from summer storms in Nashville.

What are Nashville summer storms like?

• Summer storms in Middle Tennessee can occur abruptly and dump buckets of water from the sky. As a result, flash floods are relatively common and should be prepared for.
• High winds and even tornadoes are part of Nashville’s summer storms from time to time. You should account for this in your storm preparedness planning.
• Humidity goes through the roof during Nashville summer storms. Anything that isn’t appropriately sealed is susceptible to moisture and potential mold growth. Keep this in mind when checking your house for any water damage post-storms. 

How should you prepare for summer storms in Nashville?

• Use sandbags to reroute water from your yard’s flood zones away from the house.
• Clean your gutters so that water can run through them and they can do their job.
• Replace your garage door with a stormproof, heavy-duty door that will withstand high winds.
• Weatherstrip your windows and doors to seal them from outside moisturize creeping inside and accompanying mold growth.

Here at SERVPRO of Belle Meade/West Nashville, our disaster restoration specialists are trained to respond to summer storms, emergency floods, water damage, mold, biohazards, and more at a moment’s notice. Contact us at (615) 242-9391 to reach us for your Nashville disaster restoration needs for summer storms and beyond.