1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 20, 12:15 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 115 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2002 SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES ALONG THE EAST COAST WITH THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MIDSTATE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER PLAINS. MAIN FACTOR IN THIS FORECAST IS THE ENERGY THAT MODELS EXPECT TO SEPARATE FROM THE LOWER HALF OF THE H5 TROUGH ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. AN H5 LOW FORMS OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES INTO TEXAS BY DAY 5. THIS SYSTEM SPREADS MOISTURE INTO THE MIDSTATE BY LATE SATURDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WITH NO DRYING EXPECTED THROUGH DAY 7. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROOUGH CANADA ON DAY 5 THROUGH DAY 7 AND DRAGS THE TAIL END OF A WEAK FRONT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON DAYS 6 AND 7. FRONT APPEARS TO GO STATIONARY AND BECOME DIFFUSE AT THAT POINT. BNA BB 068/091 067/088 068 18000 CSV BB 062/085 061/082 065 18000 .BNA...NONE. JLM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ham SKYWARN Spotter reported a trailer was blown down along with several trees in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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