2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 4, 1:38 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 238 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 TSTM ACTIVITY A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. STORMS FIRING NEAR THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS ALONG THE NC/TN BORDER AS WELL AS ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE CWA AND NEAR DICKSON. FOR THIS EVENING WILL INCLUDE A 20 POP ACROSS THE AREA BUT MAY NEED TO ADJUST UPWARD DEPENDING ON FUTURE RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERCUT THE MOS TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PATTERN STILL LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. MOISTURE RETURN CONTINUES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THOUGH THE FROPA WILL NOT LIKELY OCCUR UNTIL SOMETIME AROUND 12Z THU...PRE FRONTAL TROUGH DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY GIVEN THE PLACEMENT OF THE SFC PRESSURE MINIMA TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ACTUAL FRONT. WILL INCLUDE A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM POPS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. 60 HOUR MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE A BIT AS THE ETA APPEARS TO BE TOO DEEP WITH AN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. EVEN IF THE ETA IS CORRECT...THE TROUGH APPEARS TO BE PULLING OUT WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THE NORTHWARD MIGRATION OF THE WARM FRONT. GIVEN THE AVN SOLUTION BEYOND 60 HOURS...THE FRONT WILL WORK BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT WITH SOME OVERRUNNING PRECIP PRECLUDING THIS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF IS STILL INDICATED WITH IMPULSES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OUT AHEAD OF IT. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BNA BW 071/088 068/078 063 2573 CSV BW 068/084 066/075 060 2566 .BNA...NONE. 21
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
EMA reported trees and tree limbs were down along with power lines. A tree limb went through a car.
Trees were blown down.
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, June 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: 5297256, 5297255.