Mainly straight line wind damage was reported to the NWS.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 straight line wind damage was reported to the NWS.
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 26, 12:50 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 150 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO RAISE POPS AND LOWER TEMPS FOR THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS. INSTABILITIES ARE LOWER AS YOU MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA. THUS...STILL NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SVR STORMS. ISOL STRONG STORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE HOWEVER. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 525 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271030- 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- 525 AM CDT MON MAY 26 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. 17/MAG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1104 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 TNZ005>007-022>027-056>060-093-094-261900- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON- CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE- LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY... KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...LINDEN...LOBELVILLE... CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 1104 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAVE WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS WHICH MAY LEAD TO HYDROPLANING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1243 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 TNZ005>009-022>030-056>062-075-093>095-262000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY- HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE- LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...LINDEN...LOBELVILLE... CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA... LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO... LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1243 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY SWELL SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LEAVE WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS WHICH MAY LEAD TO HYDROPLANING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 249 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 TNZ007>011-026>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-262200- ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE... CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS... NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE... GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT... LINDEN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY... SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE... SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY... ALTAMONT...COALMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG... PULASKI 249 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. ADDITIONALLY... BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LEAVE WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS WHICH MAY LEAD TO HYDROPLANING. THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH 5 PM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES AND VICINITIES OF CELINA AND LIVINGSTON DOWN TO FRANKLIN... MURFREESBORO...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...LAWRENCEBURG...AND PULASKI.
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down at Pall Mall on U.S. Highway 127.
Trees were down on Highway 52 about 5 miles west of Jamestown.
TDOT reported a tree was blown down on Petty Gap Rd.
TDOT reported two trees were blown down.
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, May 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: 95126, 95128, 95130, 95133.