1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 6, 12:40 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 140 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WE EXPECT TO BE BUSY THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY MONITORING STORMS AND POSSIBLY ISSUING A FEW WARNINGS FOR ISOLATED SEVERE CELLS. MAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE DOWNBURST WINDS AS WE SAW YESTERDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS. MAJORITY OF STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS AL/FL AREA AND A POORLY DEFINED...DISSIPATING COLD FRONT REMAINED JUST TO OUR NORTH. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTHWARD. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE MOIST IN MID LEVELS THAN IT HAS BEEN...RESULTING IN MORE CLOUDINESS AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES...BUT A LITTLE LESS SEVERE POTENTIAL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANY TIME THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT PRIMARILY HEAT DRIVEN WITH GREATEST COVERAGE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE HELD BELOW 90 IN MANY AREAS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED CLOUDS AND SHOWERS/STORMS. APPEARS THAT THROUGH AND DEEP MOISTURE WILL WEAKEN AND LIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA MIDWEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S AGAIN LATE WEEK WITH MS/PC SKIES. NOT SURE THERE WILL BE STORMS EVERY DAY LATE WEEK...BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IT IS PRETTY SAFE TO FORECAST ISOLATED CONVECTION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 88 70 87 / 30 50 30 50 CLARKSVILLE 70 89 69 88 / 30 50 30 40 CROSSVILLE 67 83 65 82 / 40 50 40 50 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 845 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030- 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- 845 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE REGION AND DISSIPATES. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRIMARILY DURING THE HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MAG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
304 PM CDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W GALLATIN 36.38N 86.54W
08/06/2005 SUMNER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
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MGIRODOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
328 PM CDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N NASHVILLE 36.24N 86.78W
08/06/2005 DAVIDSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TWO TREES DOWN IN MADISON
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MGIRODOThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home at 200 Harmon Dr. The lightning set fire in the attic and burned the rafters. The fire was under control in 10 to 15 minutes by the Pulaski Fire Department.
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: 5472644.