Tennessee, 2002

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 23, 2002

August 23, 2002 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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
1

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 23, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002

AT MID-AFTERNOON, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY
OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA, WITH GENERALLY ISOLATED
ACTIVITY OVER THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 90S...EXCEPT
IN THE UPPER 80S ALONG THE PLATEAU.

CURRENT FORECAST STILL ON TRACK, AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVES THROUGH MIDDLE
TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY. FRONT WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
STORMS TOMORROW, AND BELIEVE MODELS ARE UNDER-ESTIMATING CHANCE
OF RAIN (EVEN IF SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY).

DRIER AIR STARTS TO FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
AS AN UPPER LOW CLOSES OFF AND DRIFTS SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA.
THIS BRINGS AN UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE, DROPPING
OUR TEMPS ALOFT BY SOME 3 TO 5 DEGS C FROM CURRENT READINGS. BELIEVE
THIS WILL COMBINE WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO KEEP
ATMOSPHERE SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A SMALL
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY (MAINLY WITH
DAYTIME HEATING). UPPER LOW SPREADS A BACKLASH OF MOISTURE INTO OUR
FORECAST AREA, OFF THE ATLANTIC,  TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WHILE THE
LOWER LEVELS CONTINUE TO DRY. THIS WILL PROVIDE PERIODS OF VARIABLE
CLOUDINESS, AND KEEP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ALMOST AUTUMN-LIKE (IN
THE 80S). BEST ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE PULLS OFF TO OUR NORTHEAST
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, ALLOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE AND A SLIGHT WARM-UP.

WILL PROBABLY KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL POP RUNNING THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD, AS TIMING OF BEST INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSED UPPER
LOW IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO JUDGE. IN ADDITION, AMOUNT OF DAYTIME
CLOUDINESS COULD END UP PLAYNG A ROLE IN SLOWING DOWN CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. UPPER LOW CENTER, HANGING JUST TO OUR SOUTH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY, THROWS A REAL WRENCH IN POP CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE TWO DAYS.
HOPEFULLY, THINGS WILL START TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLEAR OVER THE NEXT
FEW MODEL RUNS.

BNA TB 074/089 070/088 067 19471
CSV TB 068/085 067/083 064 19372

.BNA...NONE.

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The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Maury

When
August 23, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Maury County, 12 mi W of Columbia
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.617, -87.267

Law enforcement reported numerous branches down on U.S. Hwy 412.

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.

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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: 5313560.