4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 May 28, 9:40 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1040 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST ON TRACK. MOISTURE IS BEING ADVECTED INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH PW FOR BNA ON THE ETA AND GFS MODELS INCREASING TO 1.74 INCHES AT 18Z. AFTERNOON HEATING AND MOISTURE EXPECT THE SUMMER TIME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATED THE TIMING WORDING FOR THE FIRST PERIOD EASTERN ZONES WINDS. NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING LL HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE EAST... WITH A PRETTY VIGOROUS LOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ALOFT ...ML/UL RIDGES NOW WORKING OVER THE MID-SOUTH. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE ON TAP FOR THE FORECAST AREA AS ML/UL RIDGES MOVE JUST EAST TODAY AND HOLD THAT GENERAL POSITION INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK-WEEK...LEAVING THE AREA IN WARM... HUMID...AND UNSTABLE REGIME. DEEPER MOISTURE SOURCES DO SURGE IN FROM TIME TO TIME BUT LACK OF ANY GOOD LL FEATURES SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS..AND MOSTLY IN PEAK HEATING. RIDGES START A BREAK DOWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS LONG WAVE TROF AXIS MAKES EASTBOUND MOVE. UPPER TROFS AND SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT THEN BRING A BRIEF SHOT OF DRIER/COOLER AIR TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 91 69 90 68 / 30 20 30 20 CLARKSVILLE 91 69 89 67 / 30 20 30 20 CROSSVILLE 87 66 85 65 / 20 20 30 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1144 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281900- 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- 1144 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE MIDSTATE. STRONG STORMS ARE NOTED IN CENTRAL MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALONG THE LOWER CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN PONDING AND POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING ON AREA ROADWAYS. STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA... OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE CURTAILED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. JLM
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees blown down near intersection of Antioch Pike and Murfreesboro Rd.
Spotter reported dime to nickel size hail.
Trees were blown down on Statesville Highway.
Golf ball size hail reported on Highway 53 north of Manchester.
Several trees were down.
Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 70 in Cookeville.
Several streets were flooded in Cookeville. Rescue squad called to extract people from flooded vehicles near Cookeville Mall.
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, May 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: 5506331, 5506332, 5506333, 5506334, 5506335, 5506336, 5506337.