3 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 Sep 6, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 215 PM CDT FRI SEP 6 2002 SATELLITE SHOWING RETURN FLOW AROUND SURFACE RIDGE IN FORM OF SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS AND WITH DEWPOINTS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG NEGATIVE 5 LIFTED INDEX AXIS. MODELS TAKE GULF TROPICAL SYSTEM WESTWARD AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL MENTION ISOLATED SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: NASHVILLE 67 88 68 88 66 1110 CROSSVILLE 61 84 61 83 60 1110 .BNA...NONE. BOYD 01
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines were down on Halltown Rd.
Law enforcement reported trees were down near Gorman on U. S. Highway 70.
Law enforcement reported trees were down on State Route 147 near the town of Stewart.
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, September 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: 5320593, 5320594, 5320595.