5 thunderstorm wind, 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 Sep 25, 2:40 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 340 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 .DISCUSSION... REMNANTS OF RITA NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. RAIN BANDS FROM THIS SYSTEM WERE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE MID STATE ARE WERE SLIDING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL START TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AS IT GET CAUGHT UP IN A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. BY MONDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL BE CENTERED NEAR MICHIGAN. PRECIPITATION WILL START TO MOVE OUT OF THE MID STATE MONDAY MORNING IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND LEAVE THE EASTERN COUNTIES BY MONDAY EVENING. ANOTHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE ROOKIES WILL ADVANCE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE MID STATE SOME TIME TUESDAY. THE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING DRYER AIR AND MORE FALL LIKE WEATHER INTO THE MID STATE. LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 50S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 71 83 62 82 / 90 50 20 10 CLARKSVILLE 70 82 60 79 / 80 50 10 10 CROSSVILLE 67 78 60 80 / 90 60 20 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261030- 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 SUN SEP 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. REMNANTS OF RITA ARE FORECAST TO TURN NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY AND MOVE TO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...AS IT BECOMES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE WESTERLIES. STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR PROFILES WILL PERSIST ALONG THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS...ACROSS WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE RAINBANDS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF RITA WILL MOVE INTO THE MID STATE DURING THE DAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW THE SYSTEM ENTRAINING DRY AIR. THIS MAY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF HEATING...AND DESTABILIZATION BETWEEN CONVECTIVE BANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHEN THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND TONIGHT. BOYD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 400 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-260000- 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- 400 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA WILL BE CROSSING MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR OVER NUMEROUS LOCATIONS OF THE MID STATE. A LARGE BAND OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE MID STATE. WITH THE GUSTY WINDS AND SOILS BECOMING MOIST SOME SMALL TREES AND LIMBS COULD FALL OR BREAK. A FEW SMALL TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR. A TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 PM FOR MUCH OF THE MID STATE. 19
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
3 large shallow rooted oak trees were uprooted at 111 Peppertown Rd.
A home located at Rebecca and Peppertown Road lost its porch. Also, a nearby storage trailer was blown over and swept into a nearby pond.
Winds gusting about 70 mph struck in the vicinity of the Lwrenceburg Municipal Airport. An old storage building, made out of cinder block with a metal roof, lost part of its roof near the intersection of Norton Road and Lone Star Rd. A tree was down on 180 Hillview Road and also on Gimlet Road.
EMA Director said that a tree was down on a power line on Gunter Ridge Rd. TDOT reported several trees were down around the county as well.
A tree was blown down in Columbia.
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, September 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: 5474907, 5474908, 5474824, 5474910, 5474909.