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 Jul 25, 9:00 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR BWG. MIDDLE TN REMAINS IN A WARM AND SOUPY AIR MASS, WITH AFTERNOON LI EXPECTED NEAR -4, WITH A CAPE OF 2200 J/KG. BLV MOST AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF SURFACE BOUNDARY. LATEST MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES INCREASED LIKELIHOOD FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, AFTER YESTERDAYS RATHER MEAGER OFFERING OF CONVECTION, AM HESITANT RIGHT NOW TO RAISE POPS MUCH PAST 30%. THUS, SEE NO REASON FOR AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME. .BNA...NONE. 19
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home and caused a house fire on Price Jenkins Rd. The initial point of entry was the wall, and then along an antenna booster cable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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