Lightning destroys a home in Lantana, and 4 condos near Crab Orchard.
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Lightning destroys a home in Lantana, and 4 condos near Crab Orchard.
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 Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1200 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... WIND ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE MID UNTIL 6AM. UPDATED TO CANCEL TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33 AND CANCEL WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE MID STATE. IN THE EASTERN MID STATE COUNTIES WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER SHOWERS STILL MIXING DOWN THE STRONG LOWER LEVEL WINDS. WINDS WERE GUSTY IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES WITH 49 KNOTS RECORDED AT THE CROSSVILLE AIRPORT. IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES WINDS WERE 15 MPH OR LESS. BACK EDGE OF PRECIPITATION HAS PASSED MOST OF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF THE MID STATE. LOWERED POPS TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251130- 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- 1000 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE MID STATE LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH WINDS THIS STRONG...SOME LARGE LIMBS AND SHALLOW ROOTED TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MID STATE LATER TONIGHT...POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NASHVILLE AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM... AND INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PLATEAU BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT. 07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 S CROSSVILLE 35.87N 85.04W
02/24/2007 CUMBERLAND TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HWY 127, HWY 68 AND COPPETT RD TO
THE SOUTH OF CROSSVILLE
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JLMThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:34 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning is blamed as the cause of a fire that damaged two condos by fire and water, and two other condos with smoke damage. The fire was in the Renegade Mountain region.
A home was struck by lightning, and was fully engulfed in flames. The home was a total loss.
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, February 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: 11905, 11907.