4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 2:25 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 315 PM CDT THU AUG 22 2000 KOHX DOPPLER SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S, EXCEPT IN THE MIDDLE 80S PLATEAU. EXPECT A GENERAL INCREASE IN CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, AS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INCREASES AND A SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. FRONT MOVES ON THROUGH SATURDAY, WHEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE GREATEST, ALTHOUGH SOME POST-FRONTAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE DAY. CONDITIONS TURN DRY AND PARTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY, WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS AND NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SEASONABLY WARM, ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS WARM AS WHAT WEVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME BACK INTO THE FORECAST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, AS MIDDLE TN ONCE AGAIN COMES UNDER SOUTHERLY FLOW. BNA BE 072/091 073/088 068 19243 CSV BE 067/085 067/085 064 19243 .BNA...NONE. 19
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
NWS employee reported numerous trees were down near Anderson Road, between Myatt Drive and Gallatin Road.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees were blown down.
SKYWARN Spotter reported numerous trees were blown down. There was some damage to outbuildings.
Law enforcement reported dime size hail.
Newspaper story concerning a Bradford Pear Tree that fell on a house and car on Greenland Dr.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2002
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: 5313555, 5313556, 5313557, 5313558, 5313559.