15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 Jun 12, 8:35 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 935 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION W/ DIURNAL HEATING MAIN KICKER. CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 86 OR SO WILL BE REACHED...AND MSAS SHOWS MOISTURE POOLING OVER OUR CWA. WBZ AROUND 10K SO HAIL POSSIBLE. HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING SE FM OH-SRN MO AS WELL. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-131030- 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 CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR, ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EVERY DAY THROUGH TUESDAY, THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT FORESEEN, THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS MAY DEVELOP INTO SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCERS DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, ALTHOUGH STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE EVENT THAT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA. ROSE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Ham radio operator estimated winds to be around 60 mph on Vietnam Veterans Expressway.
WKRN-TV reported a large tree fell on a house.
EMA official reported a utility pole was leaning, and trees were blown down due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
Off duty NWS employee reported a large double posted sign was blown down on Oldham Rd. Also, large tree limbs were down as well. He estimated wind gusts to be around 60 mph.
Ham radio report of 2 or 3 large tree limbs were down at the intersection of Cages Bend Road and Gallatin Rd.
Sheriff's office reported trees down.
911 center reported a tree was down.
A NWS trained spotter identified a tornado at the Birdsong Marina. The tornado snapped a tree and uprooted another tree. Wind estimate was 80 to 90 mph.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. 3 homes had damage because trees fell on them. A 75-foot oak tree, whcih was probably more than 100 years old, fell into another tree, and they both fell on a carport and on a 1995 Ford Aerostar van. The hardest hit areas was in northeast Camden on Wren Avenue, Rowsey Street, and Flatwoods Road. A 500 foot TV tower belonging to Charter Cable fell to the ground. The tower will not be erected, and the metal will be sold for scrap. Dollar damage estimate was from Benton County EMA director.
Sheriff's department reported trees and power lines were down in the western part of the county.
Ham radio report of power outages and 2 inch diameter trees limbs were down.
Medium size trees were down along the Franklin and Brentwood city limits.
EMA reported numerous trees and power lines were down in the southern part of the county.
2 to 3 feet diameter trees were down on south Mt. Juliet Rd.
Ham radio report of a 100 foot tree was blown down.
A tree was down on Campbell and Weakley Lane, close to the Wilson County line.
Nickel size hail was reported by law enforcement at intersection of I-24 and U.S. Highway 231.
Spotter reported penny size hail on Highway 96, just east of Murfreesboro.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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