Thunderstorm wind damage occurred in Davidson and Humphreys Counties on December 27.
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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.
Thunderstorm wind damage occurred in Davidson and Humphreys Counties on December 27.
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 Dec 27, 8:27 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 827 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 .UPDATE...IT WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY AND MILD ACROSS THE MID STATE THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TO NEAR 70 ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER. A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SURGE EASTWARD AT 35 TO 40 MPH ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE. AT 02Z THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF STEWART COUNTY. SOUTH WINDS WERE MAINLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING, WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 35. IF WINDS CONTINUE AT THIS LEVEL, WILL ALLOW WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG A PRE- FRONTAL TROUGH, AND AT 02Z THE COLD FRONT WAS STILL BACK OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS, WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS OCCURRING IN A BROAD BAND BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT AND THE NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NASHVILLE AREA BETWEEN 07Z AND 08Z AND CROSSVILLE AROUND 11Z. HAVE TEMPERED OVERNIGHT COOLING A BIT, BASED ON SLOWER FRONTAL MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY EAST. STILL WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW STRONG-TO-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID STATE OVERNIGHT, ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER DUE TO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH TO 60 MPH COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS, ALONG WITH AROUND 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IN ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. LOCAL STORM REPORTS FROM MEMPHIS INDICATE ISOLATED WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH, ALONG WITH SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES, AS THE STORMS ROLLED THROUGH THEIR AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR TNZ005>011-022>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 348 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281130- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 348 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage was reported to metal roofing on barn.
Two trees were reported blown down in Bordeaux.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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