Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- July 21, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Nashville
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -86.830
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 1996
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a transmission tower for WKDF-AM radio station in downtown Nashville. It landed on a Nissan truck which was to be a promotional item for the radio station and on another car in the parking lot.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a transmission tower for WKDF-AM radio station in downtown Nashville. It landed on a Nissan truck which was to be a promotional item for the radio station and on another car in the parking lot. Nashville Electric Service reported more than 200 power lines down; about 13,000 people were without power. Ther hardest hit areas without power were West and North Nashville, Antioch and Goodlettsville. One apartment lost a roof in West Nashville at Sequoia Village. Also, a tree fell on top of a car in a church parking lot.
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 21, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 21, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 21, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, July 21, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 21, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 21, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, July 21, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558131.