1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Mar 19, 1:24 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 130 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH 6 PM. POWERFUL 120 KT UPPER LEVEL JET HAS PUNCHED INTO EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON WITH THIS AREA UNDERNEATH LEFT FRONT QUAD OF UPPER JET. GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT AS INDICATED BY LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP THIS SAME AREA. STORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD. DRIER AIR HAS WORKED INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S. STILL FEEL WITH UPPER SYSTEM TO OUR WEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WE CANT RULE OUT AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. SURFACE FRONT FINALLY MAKES IT THROUGH DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: NASHVILLE 54 75 49 66 42 2332 CROSSVILLE 52 68 48 66 40 5332 .BNA...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND PLATEAU UNTIL 6 PM CST. BOYD 01
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-201130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST WED MAR 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE PLAINS, THE ATMOSPHERE IS DE-STABILIZING OVER THE MIDSTATE. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOLD DIMINISH MARKEDLY BY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE MIDSTATE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND BEYOND. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA TODAY. JLM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN...CORRECTED FOR FATALITY
1109 AM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM SILVER POINT TN .75 INCH HAIL
03/19/03 PUTNAM
1108 AM SOUTHWEST SECTION TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 DEKALB BARN DESTROYED OFF FOUR
SEASONS RD. REPORT WAS BY
AMATEUR RADIO.
1128 AM 6 EAST COOKEVILLE TN TORNADO
03/19/03 PUTNAM *** 1 FATALITY ***
1 FATALITY IN MOBILE HOME
BLOWN OVER....NUMEROUS
HOMES DAMAGED...BARN BLOWN
DOWN...NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN OFF OF
BUFFALO ROAD REPORTED BY
PUTNAM CO EMA
MEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN...CORRECTED FOR FATALITY
1109 AM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM SILVER POINT TN .75 INCH HAIL
03/19/03 PUTNAM
1108 AM SOUTHWEST SECTION TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 DEKALB BARN DESTROYED OFF FOUR
SEASONS RD. REPORT WAS BY
AMATEUR RADIO.
1128 AM 6 EAST COOKEVILLE TN TORNADO
03/19/03 PUTNAM *** 1 FATALITY ***
1 FATALITY IN MOBILE HOME
BLOWN OVER....NUMEROUS
HOMES DAMAGED...BARN BLOWN
DOWN...NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN OFF OF
BUFFALO ROAD REPORTED BY
PUTNAM CO EMA
MEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1217 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM 3 N COOKEVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 PUTNAM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
ROADS BLOCKEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1250 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM ROCK ISLAND TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 WARREN TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
COVERING THE ROADWAY
05PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
104 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 PM 3 NE MCMINNVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 WARREN TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME
AND BARN.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
120 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM 2 W SPARTA TN WIND DAMAGE
03/19/03 WHITE EMA REPORTED TREES DOWN
AND SIDING STRIPPED OFF OF
HOUSES
05The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter reported a tornado near the Farm Coop Store on U.S. Highway 127.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2003Warnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5346698.