Scattered thunderstorms produced severe weather with strong winds and large hail on August 24th and 25th.
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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 episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced severe weather with strong winds and large hail on August 24th and 25th.
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 24, 2:02 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 .DISCUSSION... A FEW CONVECTIVE CELLS FIRING IN THE ERN PLATEAU...WILL LIKELY DIE OFF AFTER THE EVENING HOURS. HEAVIER STUFF IS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH IN THE HIGHER CAPE AIR. FRONT IS LOCATED TO THE NW ALONG A LINE FROM CHICAGO TO EMPORIA AND THEN INTO THE OK PANHANDLE. FRONT IS WAITING ON A PAIR OF H5 SHORTWAVES LOCATED IN THE ERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AND OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS IN NRN MO. FRONT WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO MOVE SEWD AS THESE 2 FEATURES MAKE THEIR WAY FURTHER EAST. LOCAL WRF MODEL IS INDICATING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NW IN STEWART COUNTY ABOUT 18Z TOMORROW AND PUSH EWD ACROSS THE MIDSTATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SFC RIDGE TO THE NORTH WILL SLOWLY PUSH THE PRECIP AREA TO THE S/SE OF THE MIDSTATE BY LATE SUN AFTN. RIDGE KEEPS THE PRECIP SOUTH OF THE AREA UNTIL WED WHEN ANOTHER FRONT PUSHES SWD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS FRONT APPEARS TO BE A BIT MORE POWERFUL FRONT WITH MORE COOL AIR BEHIND IT. IT PASSES THRU THE AREA ON THU WITH DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO THE AREA ON FRI. HOW MUCH DRY AIR PUSHES INTO THE MIDSTATE ON SAT/SUN (1/2 SEPT) IS A SOURCE OF CONTENTION. THE PREVIOUS GFS RUN (06Z) HAD A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS OVER THE AREA FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. WENT WELL ABOVE MOS LOW TEMPS TONIGHT...CONTINUING THE TREND OF PREVIOUS DAYS WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...IT LOOKS LIKE WEVE SEEN THE LAST OF TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 75 96 71 93 / 10 20 20 10 CLARKSVILLE 72 94 68 92 / 10 20 20 10 CROSSVILLE 69 90 67 85 / 20 30 30 20 COLUMBIA 74 96 71 94 / 10 20 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 73 97 71 94 / 10 20 20 20 WAVERLY 72 95 69 93 / 10 20 20 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>009-022>030- 056>062-075-093>095. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 TNZ005>009-022>030-056>062-075-093>095-251030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-GILES-HICKMAN-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON- WILSON- 530 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... HEAT ADVISORY HEAT INDEX READINGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES... MAINLY FROM NASHVILLE WESTWARD. THIS WILL BE STRESSFUL FOR SOME... ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TNZ010-011-031>034-063>066-077>080-251030- CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DEKALB-FENTRESS-GRUNDY-JACKSON-OVERTON- PICKETT-PUTNAM-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE- 530 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported nickel size hail 2 miles southwest of McMinnville along Highway 55.
Spotter reported roof debris along I-24 at exit #114. Report was verified by sheriff dispatcher. Newspaper articles said major roof damage was done to several hotels with about $550,000 worth of damage. The article stated that damage occurred to the roofs of the Days Inn, Ramada Inn, the Super 8 Motel, and Huddle House. 85 percent of the roof was gone from these businesses. Several vehicles were damaged in nearby parking lots. The Days Inn and Ramada Inn hotels were right off the I-24 exit.
More than 50 people were displaced at the hotels. The displaced people were moved to nearby hotels.
Also, a large tree was blown down in Manchester in front of the courthouse. Trees and power lines were also down in other parts of Manchester as well. 2000 people were without power because of the storm.
The article also mentioned that the Quik-Mart located at 2400 Hillsboro Blvd. sustained $2000 worth of damage from aluminum siding that was ripped off the building.
Spotter reported high winds and penny size hail.
Local TV station reported Highways 100 and 96 were closed due to trees down at the intersection.
Trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Lewisburg.
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, August 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: 48541, 48548, 48543, 48554, 48544.