Mainly several reports of straight line wind damage occurred in the Eastern Part of Middle Tennessee.
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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.
Mainly several reports of straight line wind damage occurred in the Eastern Part of Middle Tennessee.
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 Mar 19, 8:09 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 909 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 .DISCUSSION... PLAN FOR TODAY WILL BE TO ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY OVER THE PLATEAU TO EXPIRE AT NOON. CURRENTLY THE COLD FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS MIDDLE TN...GENERALLY FROM NC MIDDLE TN SOUTHWESTWARD INTO FAR NORTHERN MS. AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT ARE UNLIKELY TO SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF TODAY. AREAS TO THE SOUTH ARE STILL UNDER THE GUN ALTHOUGH STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT NOTED CURRENTLY. WILL ISSUE A COUPLE OF UPDATES...THE FIRST ONE WILL GO OUT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL CONCENTRATE ON REMOVING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SOME ZONES. I MIGHT EVEN REDUCE POPS ALTHOUGH THE UPPER SYSTEM IS STILL TO OUR WEST AND SHOWER ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING OVER AR AND WESTERN TN. WILL LIKELY REDUCE POPS DOWN TO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FROM CONDITIONAL AS THE DAY MOVES ON. THE SECOND UPDATE WILL GO OUT AROUND NOON AS THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES ACROSS THE PLATEAU. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR TNZ010-011-031>034-065- 066-078>080. && 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 124 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 TNZ010-011-028-030>034-061>065-075-077-078-191930- BEDFORD-CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-DEKALB-FENTRESS-JACKSON-MARSHALL-OVERTON- PICKETT-PUTNAM-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-WARREN-WHITE-WILSON- 124 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY... COFFEE...DEKALB...FENTRESS...JACKSON...MARSHALL...OVERTON... PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...WARREN...WHITE AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESBORO TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN TO LEWISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN CANNON...CENTRAL MARSHALL...DEKALB...JACKSON...NORTHERN BEDFORD...NORTHWESTERN COFFEE...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHWESTERN WHITE...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...SMITH...SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN CLAY AND WESTERN FENTRESS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARTHAGE...MURFREESBORO... GORDONSVILLE...LEWISBURG...GAINESBORO...CELINA...WOODBURY...BAXTER... SMITHVILLE AND LIVINGSTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REPORTS OF DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND SMALL TREES BLOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS. JLM
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near the fish hatchery near Dale Hollow Dam.
Trees were blown down. Outbuildings collapsed. Some homes had roof damage.
Trees were blown down on Gainesboro Highway.
A metal and wood structure which measured 100 feet by 40 feet was leveled by strong thunderstorm winds. The building was used to house heavy equipment used by J. Fred Pippin Construction Co. on Highway 56.
Trees were blown down.
Tree was blown down near Fall Creek Falls State Park.
Penny size hail was observed.
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, March 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: 90331, 90333, 90336, 91414, 90334, 90339, 90338.