Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 3, 2001

August 3, 2001 · NWS OHX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001

SHWRS/TSTMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...
ALONG/AHEAD OF A PRE-FRONTAL TROF NEAR BWG-MSL LINE. MAIN
SURFACE FRONT STILL SITTING OVER SERN OH VALLEY. AIRMASS
QUITE UNSTABLE TO THE S AND EXPECT SHWRS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP THRU THE AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE SE.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT STRONGER MID/UPPER RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY
WWARD AS TROF/LOW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TRIES TO LINK WITH TROP
SYSTEM OVER THE NERN GULF LATE IN THE PERIOD. SEVERAL DIFFERENT
SOLUTIONS OFFERED ON PROGRESSION OF GULF SYSTEM BUT EACH GENERALLY
AGREE ON A MID/UPPER TROF AXIS FORMING ALONG/NEAR THE EERN
SEABOARD BY SUN MORNING.

THIS SCENARIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH DEEP MOISTURE AND LL
BOUNDARIES S AND E. DEEPEST MOISTURE SEEMINGLY WILL VACATE
THE AREA BY 06Z...WITH THE PRE-FRONTAL TROF. MAIN BOUNDARY
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS 09-15Z. WHILE THE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
WILL MOVE OUT THIS EVENING...INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR SCATTERED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
ALONG THE PLATEAU.

TROFS AND DEEP MOISTURE AXIS EXPECTED TO SIT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE MIGRATE W ON SUN. WEAK LL INVERTED TROF
AXIS PROGGED TO SET UP OVER THE PLATEAU VICINITY BY 18Z SUN.
PRECIP TREND LITTLE MURKY AT THIS TIME...BUT EXPECT SAT NIGHT
WILL SEE VERY LITTLE IF ANY DEVELOPMENT. CANNOT SAY THE SA;ME FOR
SUNDAY AND THUS WILL LEAVE POPS RUNNING ACROSS THE PLATEAU...
SLIGHT CHANCE W.

BNA EB 71/90/70/91 3112
CSV EB 65/81/63/85 4313

07
.BNA...NONE

The radar

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Robertson

When
August 3, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Robertson County, Cedar Hill
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.550, -87.000

Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Houston

When
August 3, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Houston County, Countywide
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.283, -87.767

911 dispatcher reported tree limbs were down around the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson

When
August 3, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Davidson County, Nashville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.133, -86.833

Davidson county OEM reported a power line down at Peabody and Hermitage Ave.

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.

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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: 5264864, 5264865, 5264866.