13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 15, 10:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1110 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 DISCUSSION... CURRENT TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE MID 80S ACROSS THE PLATEAU TO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ELSEWHERE. SAT IMAGERY SHOWING CIRRUS CLOUDINESS ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TN BUT AS OF YET...JUST A FEW CU HAVE FORMED. 12Z OHX SOUNDING INFO INDICATES CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE MID 90S. HOWEVER...DEW POINTS HAVE RISEN SOME SO CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO BE AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES LOWER. FOR THE FCST...THE ONLY CHANGE WILL BE TO RAISE TEMPS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030- 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 MON AUG 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... MODERATELY STRONG HEATING...WITH ASSIST FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES... WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AGAIN...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. GIRODO
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper story about a 150-year-old tree blown down at 1006 Oakdale Circle in Columbia. There was another downed tree reported across West Seventh Street.
Sheriff's office reported a tree was down.
Tree down on Old Hickory Blvd.
Trained spotter reported trees were blown down.
Newspaper article stated that 5 or 6 trees were down and blocked roads in the Cason Lane section in the western part of Murfreesboro. Trees were also down at Park Circle off Main Street and Scotland Drive near the MTSU campus.
Law enforcement reported penny size hail.
Tree was blown down on Highway 46 south.
Ham radio report of a tree down on Bishop Lane.
Trees down on Highway 48 south.
Newspaper story about 2 trees that was blown down and fell on the General Assembly Academy. One tree fell on another tree, which caused both trees to clip the corner of a roof, and took the front porch covering and some siding on the building.
2 trees were blown down.
Trees were down. Newspaper article stated that a tree fell on a car. Also, a Quizno's Subs sign fell and struck an SUV on Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro.
Law enforcement reported trees were down across the southern part of the county.
Davidson County OEM reported 3 trees down on Highway 100, and power outages reported in Antioch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2005
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: 5472642, 5472579, 5472581, 5472580, 5472641, 5472583, 5472582, 5472585, 5472584, 5472643, 5472586, 5472587, 5472588, 5472589, 5472590.