4 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 Jul 10, 9:19 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 CDT THU JUL 10 2003 SURFACE FRONT IS STILL WELL TO THE NORTHWEST NEAR KANSAS CITY AS INDICATED ON THE MSAS ANALYSIS. HOWEVER, A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS INDICATED ON NQA RADAR OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THE UPPER TROUGH IS LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVING EAST AT 30-35 KT. SELS SLIGHT CHANCE SEVERE LOOKS RIGHT ON TARGET. MORNING SOUNDING VERY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDEX AT -5.2, TOTALS AT 47 AND K INDEX AT 35. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SHEAR, BUT FOR WIND EVENTS ONLY 20-25 KT WESTERLY FLOW IS NECESSARY FOR SEVERE WIND EVENTS. HAIL EVENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE, BUT WITH WB-ZERO OVER 13000 FT ARE LESS LIKELY. CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE SEEMS TO REFLECT THESE POSSIBLITIES VERY WELL AND UPDATES ARE NOT PLANNED. .BNA...NONE. JLM
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-111030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID STATE TODAY. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE OCCASIONAL DRENCHING RAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. MAG
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1253 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 500 PM CDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT IS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE MID STATE. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM DAMAGING WINDS. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STEIGERWALDT
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 2 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Off duty NWS employee reported tree limb down on Saundersville Rd.
Sheriff's office reported a few treees down in the eastern part of the county.
Trees and power lines were down in downtown Nashville.
Newspaper story about trees and power lines being blown down around the Livingston area. Some roadways were blocked by fallen trees. A tree fell on a front yard near the intersection of Jamestown Highway and Alvin Garrett Lane which is east of Livingston. Another tree was uprooted in Livingston near the intersection of Doak Street and North Goodpasture Street. There were at least 4 other reports of trees being blown down or uprooted in Livingston.
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, July 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: 5369777, 5369775, 5369776, 5369778.