There was an isolated severe weather for Dickson County, and a flooding event in Houston County on April 4, 2008.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
There was an isolated severe weather for Dickson County, and a flooding event in Houston County on April 4, 2008.
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 Apr 4, 2:19 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 319 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING REMAIN THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE FORECAST. SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN YESTERDAY...THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES HAVE HAD THE MOST...ROUGHLY 1.5 -2.5 INCHES. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF NASHVILLE HAVE HAD GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WAYNE...LAWRENCE AND GILES COUNTIES WHERE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OVER 1 INCH IN SOME AREAS. THE WEST HALF WILL GET HIT AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES...AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER INCH ON TOP OF THAT THROUGH THE DAY. THE REST OF THE MID STATE SHOULD HAVE 1-2 INCHES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENT...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS. THIS WOULD MAKE EVENT TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...AND LOCALLY 5 INCHES. A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID STATE. SEVERE WEATHER A CONCERN FOR THIS MORNING WITH BROKEN LINE OF STORMS COMING IN...SOME WITH POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE GREATEST WITH PASSAGE OF STRONG SHORTWAVE EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME MARGINAL SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH COUNTIES THROUGH THE DAY. BY 00Z THIS EVENING...THE FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE PLATEAU. SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LINGER IN THE EVENING IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A NICE WX WEEKEND ACROSS THE REGION. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...BUT SHOULD BE DRY WITH BULK OF ENERGY TRACKING WELL TO OUR NORTH. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING A SMALL RAIN CHANCE TUESDAY...AND A WAVE ALONG THE FRONT COULD ENHANCE THE RAINFALL FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. LATER IN THE WEEK...A TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND DEEPEN. THIS WILL BRING A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO TN. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS MID-LATE WEEK...AND POSSIBLY SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG STORMS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TOWARD FRIDAY. MODELS HAVE VARIED WITH DETAILS...TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...SO WILL JUST GO WITH GRADUALLY INCREASING POPS LATE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 66 47 64 44 / 100 80 10 0 CLARKSVILLE 61 43 65 41 / 100 60 10 0 CROSSVILLE 64 49 58 43 / 100 100 40 0 COLUMBIA 67 49 64 44 / 100 80 20 0 LAWRENCEBURG 68 50 65 45 / 100 90 10 0 WAVERLY 63 45 65 43 / 100 70 10 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TNZ007>011-026>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005-006-022>025. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 545 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 TNZ007>011-026>033-056>060-062>064-041045- ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON- TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB- 545 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE MOST RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THIS EVENT WILL EXCEED 2 INCHES...WITH MORE THAN 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. TONIGHT...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65... DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... FLOOD WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. FLOODING...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. TNZ034-061-065-066-075-077>080-093>095-041045- FENTRESS-MARSHALL-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 545 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PONDING OF WATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS WITH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. FLOODING...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. TNZ005-006-022>025-041045- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON- 545 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... FLOOD WATCH RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THIS EVENT WILL EXCEED 2 INCHES...WITH MORE THAN 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... FLOOD WATCH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. FLOODING...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 31
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The 911 Center reported a tree was blown down at the intersection of Pamona Road and Old Columbia Road in the southeast part of the city.
Two school school buses were stranded for a short period of time without children. One bus was on Lewis Branch Road, south of Tennessee Ridge. The other bus was on Rye Hollow Road, or about 5.6 miles southeast of Erin. Water was crossing the road on Highway 147 in western Houston County, State Route 46N, and also just north of State Route 13. In addition, the Spring Hill area had water across the road due to clogged culverts. Also, Buckeye Road had high water. Maple Street in Erin was impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2008
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: 91461, 91460.