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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 13, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .SHORT TERM...(THROUGH SAT) CURRENT...APPARENTLY TOO MUCH SUBSIDENCE AT PRESENT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. MAY HAVE MORE LATER AS HAS BEEN TREND LAST FEW DAYS. TEMPS IN MID 80S FOR MOST PART. EVER INCREASING CHANCE OF CONVECTION AS AIR MASS FURTHER DESTABILIZES AND H5 RIDGE BREAKS DOWN. AM GOING WITH FASTER GFS MODEL ON TIMING OF FRONT SAT...BUT NOT QUITE AS FAST AS LAST NITES RUN. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE...BUT WILL LET MID PACKAGE ADDRESS THAT FOR NOW. FRONT SHOULD BE AROUND BNA BY 00Z SUN...AND PUSH THRU REST OF CWA SAT EVE. .LONG TERM... NICE COOLER SUNNY DAY SUN...AND HI PRES FOLLOWS INTO TUE. AS FOR TEMPS...EXCEPT FOR COOLER MAXS TOMORROW FOLLOWED MAV NUMBERS CLOSELY. BNA TU 66/77/53/70 374- CKV TU 65/76/51/69 473- CSV TU 62/75/52/66 257- && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-132230- 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 FRI MAY 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1243 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-131900- 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- 1243 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 WITH CONTINUED AFTERNOON HEATING...THE AIR MASS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS CONTINUED TO DESTABILIZE. ALSO...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES HAVE DEVELOPED. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AROUND CROSSVILLE AND EAST OF JAMESTOWN. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...BEING THE MAIN THREAT...BUT DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN A FEW STORMS. THE WIND FIELD ALOFT IF FAIRLY WEAK...BUT STORMS SHOULD MOVE NORTHWARD ONCE THEY DEVELOP. BOYD 01
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 137 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-132000- 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- 137 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 THE AIR MASS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT...HOWEVER SUBSIDENCE APPEARS TO BE SUPPRESSING FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. TO OUR NORTH AND WEST...A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WABASH...OHIO RIVERS AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN FAR WESTERN TENNESSEE...WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY... AND ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY SINCE THEY COULD ENTER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. BOYD 01
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TNZ011-034-131930- FENTRESS-PICKETT- 201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH THROUGH NORTHERN FENTRESS COUNTY...NEAR JAMESTOWN. THIS STORM WILL TRACK NORTH ACROSS PALL MALL INTO EASTERN PICKETT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOYD 01
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines were down. Many trees were down on houses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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