Tennessee, 2000Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 9, 2000
August 9, 2000 · NWS OHX · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maury
- When
- August 9, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Maury County, 11 mi SW of Columbia
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.517, -87.183
Sheriff's office reported several trees down at Mt. Pleasant.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- August 9, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Murfreesboro
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -86.417
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
Lightning, Rutherford
- When
- August 9, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Murfreesboro
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.843, -86.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck and caused a fire at Joe's Body Shop and Painting on South Church Street.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- August 9, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County, 10 mi W of Mc Minnville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -85.967
Sheriff's office reported large tree limbs down on Ivy Bluff Road and Petigap Road. The tree limbs were blocking these roads.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 9, 20005 injured · $1.3 million · F1 · 51 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9 to 10, 20001 death · 1.75 in hail · 19 events
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 20001 death · 1 event
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 20001 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2000$5.4 million · 1.25 in hail · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 9 to 10, 2000$655,000 · F1 · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 9, 20002 injured · $536,000 · 53 kt wind · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, August 9, 2000$215,000 · F1 · 30 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 9, 2000$1.1 million · 1 in hail · 11 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, August 9, 2000$382,000 · F1 · 9 events
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, August 9, 20008 injured · $52,000 · 5 events
- Tornado in Maine, August 9, 2000F2 · 1 event
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: 5162937, 5162938, 5162940, 5162939.