1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 5, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001 CURRENT...ISOLATED TSTMS DRIFTING W IN SE COUNTIES JUST N OF BOUNDARY. TEMPS IN 85-90 DEG RANGE FOR MOST PART. FORECAST...CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY WX NEXT FEW DAYS W/ NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM ONLY STRETCHING FROM MCI-GRB BY FRI EVE. HI PRES GREAT LAKES MOVE E ALLOWING INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW. BELIEVE ONLY A SLITE CHANCE ON FRI W/ WEAK SHEARED VORT MAINLY AFFECTING WRN TN. AS FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO FWC NUMBERS. FYI...THIS AFTERNOON PACKAGE FOLLOWING NEW FORMAT AS PRESCRIBED BY REGIONAL DIRECTIVES. BNA BB 68/90/70/88 0011 CSV BB 63/85/65/83 0011 .BNA...NONE. MAG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were down along Old Lebanon Rd., McCall St., and Hailey Ave. A sassafras tree fell on a kennel and outdoor furniture near a home. No animals were injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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