Lightning strikes a utility building.
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Lightning strikes a utility building.
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 Jul 19, 2:31 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 331 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 .DISCUSSION...MIDDAY SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL SYSTEM FROM THE OK PANHANDLE EAST NORTHEASTWARD THRU THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. DRY SFC RIDGE IS CENTERED OVER CNTRL CANADA PUSHING SWD. TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT IS A SUBTROPICAL AIRMASS WITH THE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CNTRL GULF COAST. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE 2 H5 FEATURES DEPICTED IN THE MODELS MID LEVEL FCST SUITE. ONE FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE IS OVER THE GREAT LAKES SWEEPING EWD/SEWD. THE 2ND SHORTWAVE FEATURE IS OVER THE IA/MO/NE/KS 4 STATE AREA SWEEPING ESEWD. THESE FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BRING ABOUT A MORE HIGH AMPLITUDE H5 PATTERN BY SAT AM WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST STATES AND A LARGE RIDGE OVER THE CNTRL US. THIS PATTERN MAINTAINS ITSELF THROUGH MON. THEN THE RIDGE SHIFTS SLOWLY EWD PUSHING THE EAST COAST TROUGH INTO THE UPPER NEW ENGLAND AREA WITH THE BROAD H5 RIDGE OCCUPYING THE MISS VALLEY AND CNTRL US. PRECIP ASSOCD WITH THE FRONT SHOULD END FROM THE NORTH LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. DRIER AIR SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE GFS ATTEMPTS SOME INCURSION OF MOISTURE MON NGT/TUE BUT DID NOT BUT INTO THIS IDEA W/O DECENT UPPER SUPPORT. PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS ON WED. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER IS INCLUDED FOR THURSDAY AS DIURNAL INSTABILITY TAKES HOLD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 71 85 60 84 / 50 30 10 0 CLARKSVILLE 69 85 56 84 / 60 30 10 0 CROSSVILLE 65 79 55 80 / 50 30 10 10 COLUMBIA 71 87 60 85 / 50 50 10 0 LAWRENCEBURG 70 88 61 87 / 40 50 20 0 WAVERLY 70 86 58 85 / 50 40 10 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-201030- 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 THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE MID STATE LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT COULD HAVE STRONG WINDS...AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE SAME FRONT MENTIONED ABOVE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MID STATE DURING THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. AGAIN...SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED AND BRIEF NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MAG
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a utility building on RT Davis Rd. It caught fire, and the building and its contents were completely destroyed. The building housed antiques and flammable materials that were used to refurbish the antiques.
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