A cluster of thunderstorms produced large hail April 24, 2007 in Montgomery and Robertson Counties.
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A cluster of thunderstorms produced large hail April 24, 2007 in Montgomery and Robertson Counties.
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 Apr 24, 10:44 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1144 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 .UPDATE... WILL LOWER THUNDER CHC TO SCATTERED MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST MID TN APPROACHING MODERATE INSTABILITY AT THIS HOUR... AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP SHORTLY. KEPT LIKELY CHC NORTHWEST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/ DISCUSSION... STRONG UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN NM THIS MORNING WILL SERVE AS THE CHIEF WEATHER FEATURE OVER THE LOWER 48 FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DEEP SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE MID STATE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. BEGINNING TODAY...IMPULSES ALOFT WILL WORK NORTHEASTWARD AND SPREAD A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS MIDDLE TN. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH SHOWING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN DEWPOINTS/INSTABILITY ON WED AFTERNOON. THUS...WILL GO WITH A SLIGHTLY LOWER POP FOR THAT PERIOD. ITS QUITE TEMPTING TO GO SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE THE MAV GUIDANCE FOR THAT DAY AS THE MODELS LEAN TOWARD AN INCREASE IN SUNSHINE. THE UPPER LOW WILL TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THU. THUS...THE BULK OF THE ENERGY AND THE MORE WIDE SPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL STAY TO THE NORTH OF TN. HOWEVER...THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THU INTO THU EVE. A GOOD DRY PUNCH IN THE MID LEVELS MAY AID STRONG TO SVR STORMS ON THU. WILL INCLUDE LIKELY POPS AREA WIDE FOR THU. IN THE EXT FCST...LESS INSTABILITY MOVES IN BEHIND THE THU NT FROPA. THIS WILL EQUATE TO A RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR TSTMS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL FOR LATE APRIL. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241030- 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 TUE APR 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF STORMS AS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS NORTH OF THE MID STATE. AS A RESULT, ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG, WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS, AND A FEW MAY EVEN REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS, MAINLY IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE MID STATE, THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN HIGH, WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS INCREASING ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1236 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 TNZ006-023-241800- HOUSTON-MONTGOMERY- 1236 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING HOUSTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 1233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported a tree was blown and lying across a road.
Spotter reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
Hail the size of tennis balls occurred at Rossview High School.
Newspaper reported a few trees were blown down on the west side of town. A tree blocked traffic on River Rd. Tree limbs and power lines were down along Madison Street in Clarksville.
Meteorology student reported golf ball size hail near I-24.
Spotter reported nickel size hail near Interstate 24.
Large tree limbs were broken off a maple tree on Bryant Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2007
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: 18211, 18212, 18216, 21857, 18214, 18213, 18215.