An isolated severe thunderstorm hit Lawrence County on Friday August 17th.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm hit Lawrence County on Friday August 17th.
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 17, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 235 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 .SHORT TERM...WEAK COOL FRONT NOW MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR MOST SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BUBBLED UP AHEAD THE FRONT OVER SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND MAY LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL PROBABLY KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING IN LAWRENCE AND WAYNE COUNTIES THIS EVENING, UNLESS STORMS PUSH OUT OF THE AREA BY ZFP RELEASE TIME. NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA, IN THE COOLER AIR, WERE LOOKING AT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S (EXCEPT ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 90). EXPECT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS AND REACH THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY. DRY NORTHEAST FLOW SPREADS LOWER DEW POINTS INTO THE AREA, WITH NIGHTTIME LOWS DROPPING TO SOMEWHAT MORE COMFORTABLE LEVELS THAN WHAT WEVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL REMAIN HOT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE WARMER MAV MOS FOR SATURDAY AND THE WARMER NGM MOS ON SUNDAY. A SHORTWAVE PASSES ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY, BUT DONT EXPECT IT TO PENETRATE THE RIDGE THAT IS PARKED ACROSS THE MID STATE. BAND OF CLOUDS AND CHANCE FOR PRECIP SHOULD BE RIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE 700 MB RIDGE AND JUST WEST AND NORTH OF OUR AREA. .LONG TERM...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE NEXT WEEK AND ALLOWS DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CREEP UP A DEGREE EVERY DAY OR TWO, WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY GETTING BACK TO 100 DEGREES AT NASHVILLE BY NEXT FRIDAY (IF NOT BEFORE). HAVE GONE WITH MAX TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WELL ABOVE MEX GUIDANCE. OVERALL, NO END TO THE DROUGHT IS IN SIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 97 70 98 / 0 0 0 10 CLARKSVILLE 65 92 67 94 / 0 0 0 10 CROSSVILLE 64 89 64 90 / 0 0 0 10 COLUMBIA 66 99 71 98 / 10 0 0 10 LAWRENCEBURG 67 99 71 99 / 10 0 0 10 WAVERLY 66 95 68 95 / 10 0 0 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181030- 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 AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE MID STATE TODAY. SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM OR TWO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GIRODO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1029 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-172300- 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- 1029 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES ACROSS THE MID STATE... AFTER RECORD BREAKING HEAT YESTERDAY IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BACK OFF A FEW DEGREES FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY...BUT STILL COULD REACH 100 DEGREES AT A FEW LOCATIONS. NASHVILLE NOT ONLY BROKE THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 16TH WITH 106 DEGREES...BUT ALSO BROKE THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHICH HAD BEEN 105 DEGREES SET BACK IN AUGUST 1930. THIS ALSO WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE IN THE LAST 55 YEARS...ONLY SURPASSED BY THE ALL TIME RECORD HEAT OF 107 DEGREES BACK ON JULY 27TH AND 28TH 1952. CURRENTLY AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS 4.2 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WHICH OCCURRED IN 1995. THERE HAVE BEEN 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS MONTH OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IN NASHVILLE...THE MOST SINCE JUNE OF 1988 WHEN NASHVILLE HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS EVER OF TRIPLE DIGITS IS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952. THERE HAVE BEEN 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE JULY 1980. THE MOST EVER IS 19 DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952. THERE HAS BEEN 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WEATHER RECORDS AT NASHVILLE. PREVIOUSLY THE RECORD WAS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952. WEATHER RECORDS IN NASHVILLE DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 1ST 1870...NEARLY 137 YEARS. YESTERDAY WAS THE 22ND CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE 23 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BACK IN AUGUST 1995. THE MOST EVER IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954. RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.03 INCHES. THE DRIEST AUGUST EVER...WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51 INCHES FELL. SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED ONLY 3.87 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE DRIEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS IN 1954...WHEN 4.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1ST HAS TOTALED 17.34 INCHES...WHICH IS 13.60 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE LATEST 6-10 DAY PROGNOSIS FROM CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CONTINUE TO INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. DURING THE HEAT WAVE...SOME PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND. STAY INSIDE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE...PREFERABLY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRINK FLUIDS FREQUENTLY... WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING WITH A HAT...AND STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT WILL LIKELY TAKE A TROPICAL SYSTEM TO BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT PATTERN THAT HAS CAUSED THE EXTENSIVE HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS. BOBBY BOYD
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm demolished a wooden shed with vinyl trim work on Cowpen Rd. A nearby home had some shingles blown off. Also, part of a roof was blown off a mobile home. A sign was damaged as well.
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