2 flash flood, 2 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 Aug 10, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 200 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2003 WEAK LL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MEANDER JUST EAST AND SOUTH OF THE MID- STATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TROFS ALOFT HOLDING THEIR POSITION. BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WORKING NEAR THE LL...WITH ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT BACK TO THE WEST ACROSS THE CWA. MODELS SHOWING SMALL CHANGES THIS PERIOD. 70+ UL JET STREAK COMING DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CARVE OUT EASTERN US ML/UL TROFS...EVENTUALLY TRYING TO SHOW CUTOFF LOWS DEVELOPING. PROCESS WILL BE A SLOW ONE BUT BY LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY... TROF AXES SEEMINGLY RETROGRADE BACK WEST FAR ENOUGH TO BRING INVERTED LL BOUNDARY AND DEEP MOISTURE BACK OVER THE CWA. THRU TUESDAY HOWEVER...TRENDS EXPECTED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. EXPECT ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MOST NUMEROUS EAST...TO DEVELOP LARGELY WITH DIURNAL SWING. THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS TUESDAY THAN ON MONDAY. WILL BASICALLY KEEP POPS RUNNING AS THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART...WILL INCREASE TUESDAY ON THE PLATEAU SOME AS LL FORCING STRENGTHENS BACK WESTWARD. BNA BB 66/85/66/85 1223 CSV BB 61/79/61/79 2324 07 .BNA...NONE.
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-111030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS UNLIKELY. GIRODO
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:50 UTC.
2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff's office reported water over some roads in the city.
Trees were blown down.
Major street flooding was reported. Cars were stalled in parking lots with 6 inches of water. The highest water was on Miller Avenue.
Sheriff's office reported trees were blown down in Hendersonville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2003
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: 5332677, 5332678, 5332679, 5332680.