17 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Dec 6, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 .SHORT TERM (THROUGH TUESDAY)... CURRENT...RN HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD GRAUDUALLY N INTO CWA THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF WARM FRONT. COUPLE OF FFWS ISSUED BY HUN IN N COUNTIES OF AL...AND RADAR ACCUMULATIONS IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNITES ALREADY 2-3. TEMPS IN LOWER 60S FOR MOST PART. STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD RAIN/SEVERE WX EPISODE FOR TONITE AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SQUALL LINE SHOULD ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF MID STATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNITE...BNA AROUND 2-3 AM...AND TOWARD CSV BY DAWN. HIGH WINDS MAIN PROBLEM. ADDITIANAL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL 2 INCHES IN SPOTS...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME FFWS ISSUED. IN ADDITION..GRADIENT WINDS WILL INCREASE AS LO DEEPENS SIGNICANTLY AS IT MOVES FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS TO LOWER GRTLKS. WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 30 MPH...PROMPTING A LAKE WIND ADVISORY. PARTLY CLOUDY BY TUE AFTERNOON AS HI PRES BEGINS TO BUILD INTO CWA FROM W. .LONG TERM... MOSTLY SUNNY DAY WED. WED NITE...ANOTHER INVERTED TROF SETUP EXTENDING FROM LA TO NORTHERN AL. BEST POPS S WED NITE...AND SE 1/2 OF CWA THU. COLD FRONT FRI TURNING SHARPLY COLDER. AS FOR TEMPS...WENT COOLER THAN MAV NUMBERS AFTER 1ST PERIOD. BNA WU 59/68/40/62 +6-0 CKV BU 58/67/39/61 +4-0 CSV TU 57/64/39/57 +7-0 && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUE. LAKE WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUE. && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071130- 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- 530 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE OVERNIGHT, WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE. SINCE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL SET UP OVER THE MID STATE, ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT THIS TIME, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER DOES HAVE MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. IN ADDITION, HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF RIVERS AND CREEKS, GIVEN THAT WATER LEVELS ARE STILL RELATIVELY HIGH FOLLOWING THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT OF NOVEMBER 30. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW LEFTOVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY DUE TO THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WIND DAMAGE. ROSE
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:57 UTC.
17 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
4 roads were flooded in the southern part of the county around Ardmore.
Trenton Road and Crossland Road were flooded.
A few city streets were flooded.
High water was over Clydon Road.
Trace Creek Road was flooded.
South Harpeth Road and Leatherwood Road was flooded.
Indian Creek Road was flooded near Hohenwald.
Report of shingles and some siding ripped away from home.
Davidson County OEM reported Mill Creek was out of its banks. Low spots on Nolensville Road were flooded in South Nashville. Other roads were flooded as well in the county.
TDOT reported a tree was down across a road, but it has since been removed.
TDOT reported a tree was down on Callas Rd.
Lower Station Camp road and Calendar Lane were flooded.
Sheriff's office reported a tree was blown down.
County Farm Road was closed due to rising water. Jefferson Pike had high water at 3 locations.
Report of 2 trees were blown down on a rural county road near Lafayette.
A tree was down on Evans Mill Rd.
TDOT reported a tree was blown down.
TDOT reported a few trees were blown down. One was at Rocky Point Road and the other was at Cumby Rd.
Highway 141N reported flooding.
Newspaper article stated several roads were closed around the county. Long Creek was at bank full.
Reports of Old Columbia Road and Yell Road were flooded in several places. Newspaper story stated that Fox Lane and Old Lake Road were closed due to flooding.
Bridge Road was flooded.
High water was over several roads.
Rising water was flooding Thomas Road near Cookeville.
Hardy Chapel road was flooded in the southwest part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2004
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: 5430500, 5430502, 5430501, 5430505, 5430503, 5430515, 5430516, 5430504, 5430506, 5430621, 5430623, 5430517, 5430622, 5430507, 5430509, 5430619, 5430620, 5430618, 5430508, 5430624, 5430510, 5430511, 5430512, 5430513, 5430514.