Tennessee, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 · NWS OHX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Sep 23, 7:56 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 7:56 PM CST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
856 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001

CURRENT ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS AND LOCAL/REGIONAL RADAR MOSIAC
IMAGERY SHOWING TS/SHWRS ASSOCIATED WITH PREFRONTAL CONVECTION
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS W TN/N MID TN/AND THE MAJORITY
OF E KY. MSAS/HAND ANALYSES DEPICTING FRONTAL POSITION JUST
E OF MEM...WITH BEST INSTABILITY STILL CONTINUING AHEAD OF FRONT.
THIS WAS ECHOED BY 00Z KOHX SOUNDING PROFILE WHICH IS ALSO
SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...INDICATED BY MUTIPLE
INSTABILITY INDICES...ALTHOUGH CAPE WAS RELATIVELY WEAK. PRECIP
WATER VALUES AROUND 1.4 INCHES AND FREEZING LEVEL/WET BULB ZERO
AROUND 12KFT. UPPER LEVEL CHART ANALYSES SHOWING UPPER LEVEL FLOW
ACROSS MID STATE SWLY...WITH 60KT 300MB JET.

LAMP FORECAST GUIDANCE DEPICTING WINDS TO SHIFT NWLY LATE...BUT
NOT AS STRONG AS CURRENT SCENARIO ACROSS W TN WOULD INDICATE...WITH
WINDS GUSTING PRESENTLY TO 30 MPH. EXPECT SOME WEAKENING IN WIND
STRENGTH WITH TIME...BUT STRONGER WINDS WILL USHER IN COOLER
TEMPS THAN LAMP SUGGEST...MORE IN LINE WITH FORECASTED LOWS.

WITH THIS ALL IN MIND...WILL LEAVE ZONE PACKAGE INTACT...EXCEPT FOR
EASTERN ZONES WHERE A MENTIONING OF CONVECTION MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
MORE APPROPRIATE.

.BNA...NONE.
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JBW

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:54 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Davidson

When
September 23, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Davidson County, 5 mi E of Nashville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
36.133, -86.750

Dime size hail reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Maury

When
September 23, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Maury County, 5 mi E of Columbia
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.617, -86.967

Law enforcement reported power lines were down on Patterson Drive east of Columbia.

Hail, Wilson

When
September 23, 8:15 PM CST
Where
Wilson County, 2 mi S of Mt Juliet
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.167, -86.517

Nickel size hail was reported.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5266951, 5267011, 5267012.