Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Nashville, TN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
823 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

.UPDATE...ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID EVENING WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MID
TN. TEMPS WERE IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90 WITH DEW POINTS FROM THE MID
60S TO LOWER 70S. A DIFFUSE FRONTAL ZONE WAS LOCATED TO OUR NORTH
THIS EVENING...AND WAS HELPING INITIATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS KY AND ISOLATED STORMS INTO MID TN. WIND DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED AT BOWLING GREEN. WE RECENTLY WARNED ON A SIMILAR LOOKING
CELL OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY...AND RECEIVED A MARGINALLY SEVERE
HAIL REPORT.

THE OHX EVENING SOUNDING SHOWED A STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATE...BUT
NOT SO MUCH IN THE MID LEVELS. SO...STORM INTENSITY SHOULD
GENERALLY DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING AS BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. WE
MAY ISSUE ANOTHER WARNING OR 2...WITH BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS BEING
THE MAIN POTENTIAL. THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
INCREASE ACROSS MID TN AS THE FRONT AND OUTFLOWS GRADUALLY SAGE
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT.

A FORECAST UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING TO INCREASE POPS
IN THE NORTH...AND LOWER POPS SLIGHTLY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008/

DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN OH WESTWARD THROUGH THE
MO BOOTHEEL. OTHER THAN A LITTLE PRECIPITATION OVER FAR EASTERN
KY...CONVECTION IS LIMITED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY.

GFS DATA SUGGESTS THAT TODAYS CAP WILL WEAKEN SOME AS WE MOVE INTO
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...A WEAK CONVERGENCE/MOISTURE AXIS WILL
SHIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MOVES OVER THE AREA. WILL INCLUDE JUST 30 POPS AS DYNAMICS ARE WEAK
AND THERE IS NOT MUCH ONGOING PRECIPITATION.

AS WE GET INTO THURSDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE...PARTICULARLY
OVER WESTERN TN AS THU 18Z RH PROGS POINT TO A MAXIMUM FOR THAT
AREA. WILL INCLUDE 50 POPS EXCEPT FOR LIKELY POPS WESTERN ZONES.
BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THU NT WITH DRIER AIR MOVING
IN.

FOR TEMPS...MAV CONTINUES TO BE TOO COOL ON LOWS...WILL TAKE THE
OVER FOR PDS 1 AND 3.

THE UPCOMING COOL DOWN WILL TAKE SOME TIME. 850 MB TEMPS WILL STILL
BE CLOSE TO 16C FRIDAY...SO HIGH TEMPS WILL STILL REACH INTO THE
UPPER 80S.

IN THE EXT FCST...COOLER DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 80S FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOW TEMPS WILL BE A GOOD 5
TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AS THE DRIER AIR ALLOWS FOR MORE
NOCTURNAL COOLING.

MOISTURE WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
T-STORMS BY TUES AND WED.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
525 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
525 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A
FEW STORM COMPLEXES MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS AGAIN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE MID STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

17/MAG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
815 PM CDT WED AUG 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 PM     HAIL             8 SSW SPRINGFIELD       36.39N 86.93W
08/06/2008  E0.75 INCH       ROBERTSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COOPERTOWN, 8 MILES SSW OF
            SPRINGFIELD.

&&

LDAVIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT WED AUG 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0912 PM     HAIL             MOUNT JULIET            36.21N 86.52W
08/06/2008  E0.75 INCH       WILSON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
            IN WILSON COUNTY AT INTERSECTION OF MT.JULIET ROAD AND
            DIVISION ROAD.

&&

LDAVIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

TNZ008-009-028>030-070315-
MACON-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILSON-
915 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
SUMNER...WILSON...AND TROUSDALE COUNTIES...AND PUSH INTO PARTS OF
MACON COUNTY AND SMITH COUNTY AS WELL.

HAIL TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...ALONG
WITH DOWNED TREES.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
927 PM CDT WED AUG 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ENE WHITE HOUSE       36.49N 86.60W
08/06/2008                   SUMNER             TN   STORM CHASER

            SMALL TREES DOWN AND LIMBS FROM LARGER TREES DOWN IN
            SUMNER COUNTY 4 MILES EAST OF WHITE HOUSE AT INTERSECTION
            OF HWY 76 AND HWY 25. LOSS OF COMMERCIAL POWER REPORTED.

&&

LDAVIS