Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 1, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

00Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS, TO JUST SOUTH OF TUP, TO JUST SOUTH OF MGM. AIR MASS NORTH
OF THIS FRONT IS ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE, AND 00Z BNA SOUNDING WAS
NOT IMPRESSIVE. HOWEVER, BLV AIR MASS IN THE MID STATE WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, AS WARM
FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD. LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWED LIFTED INDICES
THAT DROP FROM +1 AND +2 NORTH OF THE FRONT TO -4 TO -6 BEHIND IT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS
EVENING FROM SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY,
INTO MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STORMS WEST AND NORTH OF
OUR CWA HAVE BEEN STRONG AND, BASED ON VIL DENSITY CALCULATIONS,
HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST SMALL HAIL. SUCH VIL
DENSITIES SUGGEST WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HAIL PRODUCERS
IN OUR CWA AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. THIS IS ALREADY HANDLED
IN WORDING OF CURRENT ZFP AND BELIEVE HIGH OVERNIGHT POPS ARE
WORKING OUT QUITE WELL (THANK YOU, MR. DAYTIME FORECASTER).

.BNA...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
706 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH
THE NEXT 36 HOURS...

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE
TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI...PRODUCING NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT.
AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE IN VICINITY OF FRONTAL
PASSAGE...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

THE WARM FRONT WILL THEN MOVE NORTH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY THE
MID MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
MID STATE. WITH DAYTIME HEATING ON WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY. SOME STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING...ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...AGAIN INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS ACROSS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO
BE ACTIVATED. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND
UPDATED FORECASTS AS THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1115 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0930 PM    NEAR BON AQUA             TN   PEA SIZE HAIL
04/30/02   HICKMAN                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

1000 PM    7 E PULASKI               TN   PEA SIZE HAIL
04/30/02   GILES                          REPORTED BY MOTORIST

1012 PM    NEAR LAWRENCEBURG         TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   LAWRENCE                       AT HIGHWAY 64 AND
                                          WEST POINT ROAD
                                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

1018 PM    NEAR LAWRENCEBURG         TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   LAWRENCE                       ON HIGHWAY 43
                                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

1032 PM    IN LAWRENCEBURG           TN   2.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

1035 PM    LAWRENCEBURG              TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          CITIZEN

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1230 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    AT MINOR HILL             TN   2.00 INCH HAIL BUSTED
04/30/02   GILES                          A WINDSHIELD AT MINOR HILL

0945 PM    6 E WAYNESBORO            TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02   WAYNE                          LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AND ONE HOME DAMAGED SOUTH
                                          OF HIGHWAY 64, EAST OF
                                          WAYNESBORO, AT NATCHEZ
                                          TRACE.

1124 PM    7 N WAVERLY               TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   HUMPHREYS

1130 PM    IN MCEWEN                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02   HUMPHREYS                      TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          TWO LARGE TREES DOWN.

1148 PM    IN CENTERVILLE            TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   HICKMAN

1200 AM    10 W CENTERVILLE          TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   HICKMAN                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER IN WESTERN
                                          HICKMAN COUNTY

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