Isolated Severe Event May 15, 2007. An area of thunderstorms knocked down a street light pole on Madison Street in Clarksville, TN.
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Isolated Severe Event May 15, 2007. An area of thunderstorms knocked down a street light pole on Madison Street in Clarksville, TN.
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 May 15, 1:07 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 207 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 .SHORT TERM...(THRU THU NITE) CURRENT...PARTLY SUNNY AND WARM...TEMPS MAINLY IN UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. COLD FRONT PROGGED TO SWEEP INTO CWA FROM NW AFTER MIDNITE...WITH GFS FASTEST PUSHING FRONT PAST BNA BY 12Z. LOOKS LIKE MOST RAIN WILL BE WITH THE FRONT...AND WILL KEEP CAT POPS FOR W 2/3 OF CWA. LIKELY POPS E WED WITH CHANCE ELSEWHERE. THUNDER A GOOD POSSIBILITY...BUT SEVERE CHANCES LOOK SLIM AS BEST DYNAMICS TO THE N...AND SURFACE COLD PUSH WELL BEHIND FRONT. COULD BE A SQUALL LINE WITH STRONG WINDS IN ISOLATED CELLS. GRADUAL CLEARING FROM W WED...THEN CLEAR AND COOLER WED NITE THRU THU NITE. POSSIBLY STARTING TOMORROW...AND DEFINITELY THU...WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR FIRST BELOW NORMAL TEMPS SINCE 4/27. .LONG TERM... STRONG HI PRES CENTERED NEAR CHI EARLY FRI WILL PUSH S TO NEAR PARIS TN BY 12Z SAT...WHERE IT BECOMES ANCHORED INTO SUN. PLENTY OF CLEAR SKIES AND COOLISH TEMPS FRI THRU MON NITE...ENJOY && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 62 72 49 72 / 80 40 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 58 72 47 70 / 80 30 10 10 CROSSVILLE 60 67 44 66 / 50 70 10 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030- 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 TUE MAY 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 647 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 TNZ022-024-160015- BENTON-HUMPHREYS- 647 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING SOUTHEAST BENTON AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES... AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE BY 700 PM CDT. NEAR WAVERLY BY 715 PM CDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 718 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 TNZ005-006-160045- MONTGOMERY-STEWART- 718 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES... AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHORTLY. JLM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A street light pole was knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds on Madison Street in Clarksville.
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