Drought in Tennessee, November 1 to 30, 2008

Name: Drought in Tennessee, November 1 to 30, 2008
Start: 2008-11-01T00:00
End: 2008-11-30T23:59
Location: Tennessee

November 1 to 30, 2008 · NWS OHX · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

Drought conditions slowly improved but moderate to severe drought persisted across the area.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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.

Drought conditions slowly improved but moderate to severe drought persisted across the area.

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 Oct 31, 5:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
655 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008

.AVIATION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST FROM THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES THROUGHOUT THE SE DURING THIS TAF FORECAST PERIOD. AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER S MO AND AR THIS EVENING HAS GENERATED SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
STAY W OF THE MID STATE...AS IT WEAKENS AND MOVES SE AND INTO THE
DEEP SOUTH BY SAT AFTERNOON. NET RESULT WILL BE FOR CLEAR SKIES
AND LIGHT WINDS TO CONTINUE AT BNA AND CSV...WITH NO EARLY MORNING
FOG IMPACTS EXPECTED.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 555 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008/

UPDATE
BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...AND TO BLEND IN BETTER WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES...HAVE DECIDED TO LOWER MIN TEMPS FOR TONITE A FEW DEGS.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 4:23 AM CST, 19 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
523 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-011030-
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-
523 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

20 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Bedford

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bedford forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.514, -86.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Sumner

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sumner forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.469, -86.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Macon

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.532, -86.007 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Clay

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.551, -85.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fentress

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Fentress forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.381, -84.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rutherford

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Rutherford forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.843, -86.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Trousdale

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Trousdale forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.392, -86.157 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wilson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.155, -86.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Coffee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Coffee forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.491, -86.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cannon

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cannon forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.809, -86.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Grundy

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Grundy forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.388, -85.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Warren

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.679, -85.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Van Buren

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Van Buren forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.696, -85.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cumberland

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cumberland forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.950, -84.998 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, White

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: White forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.926, -85.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dekalb

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dekalb forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.980, -85.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Smith

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Smith forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.251, -85.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jackson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.359, -85.673 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Overton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Overton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.345, -85.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Putnam

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.141, -85.495 (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

Every storm in Tennessee in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, November 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: 142773, 142776, 142777, 142778, 142779, 142780, 142793, 142794, 142797, 142799, 142801, 142806, 142808, 142810, 142818, 142820, 142822, 142825, 142830, 142834.