1 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 Aug 24, 12:00 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... WARM HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WITH SURFACE HIGH AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NOW WELL TO OUR EAST ALLOWING FOR A BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME TO BECOME ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY CENTERS WILL TRAVERSE THE MEAN FLOW AND WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND INSTABILITY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE THESE WILL OCCUR AS FORCING IS NOT VERY CONCENTRATED. WILL KEEP POPS RUNNING NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH NO MAJOR CHANGE IN TEMPS EXPECTED. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 525 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 525 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE SCATTERED UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES IN SUNDAY OR MONDAY...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED. 04
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
NWS employee on his way to work reported several trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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