Drought, Bedford
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.514, -86.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Tennessee, May 1 to 31, 2008
Middle Tennessee rainfall during March, April and May averaged to near normal for most of Middle Tennessee to as much as 4 inches above normal near Clarksville.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Middle Tennessee rainfall during March, April and May averaged to near normal for most of Middle Tennessee to as much as 4 inches above normal near Clarksville.
What forecasters said that day
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 30, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 935 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... SFC PATTERN HAS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED IN ERN COLORADO WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT NOTED. MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW COVERS THE SRN PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW ONLY SMALL PATCHES OF CIRRUS MOVING EWD ACROSS THE AREA. IN THE FAR WEST A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS OVER THE NRN ROCKIES. CURRENT PACKAGE CALLING FOR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND MODERATE SOUTH WINDS. THIS FITS THE CURRENT TREND WELL AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE ATTM. NEXT FRONT DUE INTO THE AREA LATE FRI NGT. GFS SVR INDICES SHOWING A -7 LIFTED INDEX...+2000 B+...36 K INDEX AND SWEAT INDEX OVER 400 IN THE MID MISS RIVER VALLEY LATE FRI AFTN. THUS THE POSSIBILITY OF SVR STORMS ALONG/AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SEEMS A REAL POSSIBILITY. OF COURSE...THESE PARAMETERS BECOME MUCH LESS FAVORABLE OVERNIGHT. A GOOD COLD SHOT BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH 850MB TEMPS DROPPING FROM +14C FRI EVE TO BELOW ZERO SUN AM. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 6:11 AM CST, 17 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 711 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008 TNZ005>009-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-011030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-PERRY- HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE- LAWRENCE-GILES- 711 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT MAY BRING ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. DAMAGING WIND IS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. TNZ010-011-030>034-063>066-077>080-011030- CLAY-PICKETT-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-CANNON-DEKALB- WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- 711 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Cannon
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cannon forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.809, -86.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Coffee
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.491, -86.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Dekalb
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -85.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Giles
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Giles forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -87.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Grundy
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.388, -85.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Marshall
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.469, -86.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Van Buren
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.696, -85.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Warren
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.679, -85.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, White
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 35.926, -85.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Florida, May 1 to 31, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 1, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 1, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Storm in Montana, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 31, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Colorado, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Flood in Maine, May 1 to 4, 2008
- Flood in Maine, May 1, 2008
- Flood in Maine, May 1 to 2, 2008
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 2008
Sources
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: 94206, 94207, 94208, 94209, 94210, 94211, 94212, 94213, 94214, 94215.