|This produced seven severe thunderstorm wind gust events in Middle Tennessee on June 8, 2007.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
A cluster of thunderstorms developed in an unstable air mass with the Showalter Index of minus 2, and CAPES exceeding 3000 joules/kilogram.|This produced seven severe thunderstorm wind gust events in Middle Tennessee on June 8, 2007.
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 Jun 8, 8:29 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 929 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .UPDATE...SPC HAS JUST COME OUT WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT IS VALID UNTIL 21Z. AT THIS MOMENT, A MASSIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CROSSING THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. THE MORNING SOUNDING FROM OHX SHOWS A LIFTED INDEX OF -6.6 WITH A CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF 3,695 J/KG, AND IT WILL BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AS WE GET MORE HEATING. DEW POINTS AROUND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ARE GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S, WITH TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE LOWER 80S MOST AREAS. HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST GRIDS TO INCLUDE THE WATCH AND MENTION A CHANCE OF SEVERITY. WILL GET THE TEXT PRODUCT OUT SOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 89 67 87 62 / 60 40 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 88 63 85 62 / 70 20 10 10 CROSSVILLE 86 64 84 59 / 60 50 10 10 COLUMBIA 89 68 89 63 / 60 40 10 10 LAWRENCEBURG 88 68 91 63 / 60 40 20 10 WAVERLY 88 65 87 62 / 70 40 10 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 21Z FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-091030- 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 JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY. MAG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1005 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 TNZ005-022>024-081600- BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-STEWART- 1005 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 368 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE RIVER ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DOVER. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE STEWART...BENTON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES AROUND 1030 AM. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER...AND TAKE SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. BOYD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1123 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 TNZ007-008-025>028-059-062-081745- CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON- WILSON- 1123 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH DICKSON AND CHEATHAM COUNTIES BETWEEN 11:30 AM AND NOON...AND THROUGH ROBERTSON...DAVIDSON...WESTERN SUMNER...WESTERN WILSON...AND NORTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM CDT. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS OF ABOUT 40 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES IF WEATHER WARNINGS ARE NECESSARY. ORCHANIAN
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:57 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down at the intersection of Glenrose and Thompson Lane.
A tree was blown down on Shutes Lane.
Tree limbs were down in the McCrory Lane and HIghway 100 area in southwest Davidson county.
Hendersonville Police Department reported a large tree limb was down with power lines.
A tree was down on McClanahan Rd.
A tree and power lines were down.
Trees were blown down on Highway 227.
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, June 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: 26050, 26054, 26058, 26060, 26063, 26066, 26067.