Tennessee, 2002

Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 12, 2002

July 12, 2002 · NWS OHX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Jul 12, 1:50 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:50 PM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
250 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

CURRENT...CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON SEEMS LINED UP W/ INVERTED TROF
WHIC IS LINED UP OVER NW THIRD OF CWA.  TEMPS IN MID 70S TO LOWER
80S W/ EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS.

FORECAST...SEE NO NEED TO CHANGE CURRENT FORECAST AS AREA REMAINS IN
MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS FOR EXTENDED PERIOD AND H5 UPPER SYSTEM
REMAINS TO NW.  SURFACE INVERTED TROF MOVES VERY LITTLE NEXT 48-60
HOURS SO HI CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS A GOOD BET.  NOT SURE WHY MODELS
SHIFT HIER POPS/QPF TO E W/ TIME CONSIDERING POSITION OF SURFACE
TROF.  IN ESSENCE WILL LEAVE FORECAST AS IS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO
PINPOINT TIMING/LOCALES.  THIS IN AGREEMENT W/ QPF DISCUSSION.

WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THRU EXTENDED AS WELL AS SHOWN BY ALL
GUIDANCE.

AS FOR TEMPS...WENT FOR COOLER AVN/ETA MAXS OTHERWISE FWC NUMBERS OK.

BNA TT 70/83/70/85 5645
CSV TT 66/78/66/80 5645

.BNA...NONE.

MAG

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Davidson

When
July 12, 2:20 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where
Davidson County, Countywide
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.171, -86.777 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

EMA and SKYWARN spotters reported flooding on Brown's Creek, Leelan Lane, Granny White Pike, Woodvale Drive, Green Hills and Forest Hills area. By 240 PM CST, Otter Creek Road was closed due to high water. By 308 PM CST, Brown's Creek was out of its banks at the fairgrounds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson

When
July 12, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Davidson County, Nashville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.133, -86.833

OEM reported a power line was down on Woodale Ln.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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: 5308158, 5308159.