1 lightning, 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 Aug 14, 2:15 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 315 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2002 14/12Z MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW PLENTY OF CLOUDINESS AND SOME QPF THROUGH 48-HRS...ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND A DAMPENING U/L TROUGH TO THE WEST. THE MODELS APPROPRIATELY SHOW AN AFTERNOON/ EVENING QPF PICKUP...BUT OTHERWISE WILL DISCOUNT MOS QPF AND POP/S THROUGH THIS PERIOD (AN EXCEPTION...WILL MAINTAIN A 40 POP TONIGHT). ALSO...WITH A SLIGHTLY BETTER EVENING POP IN THE PLATEAU...WILL MENTION AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS THE U/L TROUGH WEAKENS TO THE WEST ON THURSDAY...A H5 SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO THIS WEEKEND. FORCING WITH THIS FEATURE LOOKS WEAK...AND WILL ADVERTISE A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY. ALSO...WITH LESS CLOUDS FORECASTED THAN MOS...WILL SIDE WITH OR GO ABOVE HIGHEST MOS TEMPERATURES. H5 HEIGHT INCREASES BUILD A RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST CONUS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...SO THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LEND ITSELF TO ONLY ISOLATED... PERHAPS SCATTERED...AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRECIPITATION. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS BNA 72 90 71 90 / 40 40 30 30 CSV 67 85 67 85 / 40 40 30 30 .BNA...NONE. 04
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Mr. James Hayes reported finding 3 cows and 2 calves dead in their field, lying beneath some trees, after a storm passed the farm on Hayes Rd. The farm is near Meridian.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5313458.