3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 Aug 10, 1:33 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 233 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .SHORT TERM...(THROUGH SAT) CURRENT...CONVECTION HAS FIRED UP OVER SW COUNTIES...MOST LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM YESTERDAY. OTHER STORMS OCCURRING TO OUR N AND NW...ALSO FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. OVER CWA...WHERE SUNSHINE HAS HAD MOST INFLUENCE...TEMPS HAVE CLIMBED INTO MID 90S AND HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 QUITE COMMON. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO OUR N AND NW MAY BE PLAYERS LATER TONITE...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE WILL HAVE A LITTLE HIER POP. MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG ACCOMPANYING DOWNDRAFT WINDS. ON FRI...MUCH WELCOME RELIEF FROM HEAT AS APPEARS MAY GET ACTUAL FROPA...IF GFS IS RIGHT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS...AND THEN LOWER POPS FOR FRI NITE AND SAT. HAVE ALSO LOWERED TEMPS QUITE A BIT FOR FRI NITE...AND ESPECIALLY SAT. MID 80S SAT WILL SEEM LIKE A COLD WAVE. .LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE STARTS BUILDING BACK INTO MID STATE SUN AND BEYOND WITH WARMING TEMPS AND ONLY LO CHANCE DIURNAL POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 75 88 68 84 / 40 60 20 10 CLARKSVILLE 73 87 65 84 / 40 60 10 10 CROSSVILLE 70 82 66 78 / 40 60 40 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-111030- 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- 500 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT IS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. END/ORCHANIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 433 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ008-009-029-102205- MACON-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- 433 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST OF 40 TO 45 MPH JUST WEST OF GALLATIN AT 4:25 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN PART OF TROUSDALE COUNTY BY 5:00 PM. EXPECT SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. RAINFALL WILL BE ABOUT 1.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CARE TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. END/ORCHANIAN
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Davidson County OEM reported trees and lines down in the southern part of the county including Antioch.
Gallatin City Police reported extensive street flooding with some businesses flooded.
Street flooding along South Mpale Street in South Lebanon.
A few trees fell on power lines around the county causing 800 Pickett Countians to be without power.One of these trees fell on Hassler Lane which is about 2 miles northwest of Byrdstown.
Sheriff's office reported trees down around the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2006
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: 5532011, 5532008, 5532009, 5532012, 5532010.