A strong cold front moved across Middle Tennessee resulting in the development of a few severe thunderstorms which caused wind damage and large hail.
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A strong cold front moved across Middle Tennessee resulting in the development of a few severe thunderstorms which caused wind damage and large hail.
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 Feb 26, 9:52 PM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 952 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 .UPDATED DISCUSSION AT 952 PM... WILL UPDATE THE ZONES AND THROW IN SOME GUSTS TO ACCOMPANY THE SUSTAINED 10-25 MPH SPEEDS ACROSS THE CWA. OTW...STARTING TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS OFF TO THE NW OF MIDDLE TN. SVR TSTM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED EASTWARD AND NOW INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN FAR WEST TN. .UPDATED DISCUSSION AT 758 PM... NOT MUCH GOING ON PRESENTLY ACROSS MIDDLE TN. GRADIENT SLOWLY BEGINNING TO TIGHTEN AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL MO AND INTO WESTERN AR. LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF THE ADVANCING BOUNDARY. FOR THE FORECAST TONIGHT...LOOKS AS THOUGH THE SHOWER AND TSTMS ACTIVITY WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LATEST TIME EXTRAPOLATION HAS THE LINE REACHING WESTERN AREAS OF THE MID STATE AROUND 08-10Z OR SO. THUS...LIKELY CATS WEST AND CHANCE CATS EAST STILL LOOK TO BE FINE. BUT...FOR THE UPDATE WILL NEED TO HIT THE AFTER MIDNIGHT WORDING A LITTLE HARDER. SVR TSTM WATCH BOX IS INDICATED ACROSS AR IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE. WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SVR STORMS FOR OUR WESTERN ZONES LATE. OTW...WIND SPEEDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE STILL LOOK OK. 850 MB JET WILL REACH THE 50KT LEVEL AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT SO THE AFOREMENTIONED WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE SUSTAINABLE. AS FOR TEMPS...CURRENT FCST OK AS MINS IN THE 50S IS EXPECTED. && .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009/ .SHORT TERM...AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON, IT WAS 67 DEGREES AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT, WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. SIMILAR TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WERE REPORTED ELSEWHERE AROUND THE MID STATE, EXCEPT ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WHERE TEMPERATURES HELD IN THE 50S. WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TODAY, ITS ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER, THATS THE WAY THINGS SEEM TO BE SHAPING UP. MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE UNFOLDING WEATHER EVENTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, AND HERES THE SCOOP... FIRST, WE WILL WATCH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CRANK UP OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT AND SWING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. THIS WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY, WHICH SHOULD REACH NORTHERN ALABAMA BY 00Z SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH THIS COLD FRONT, STARTING IN OUR NORTHWESTERN AREAS TONIGHT AND SPREADING INTO OTHER AREAS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. PRE-FRONTAL CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WEVE SEEN WITH MOST COLD FRONTS AS OF LATE: LOW CAPE, HIGH HELICITY ENVIRONMENT, WITH DEW POINTS RISING INTO THE 50S JUST BEFORE THE FRONT PASSES. WET-BULB ZERO VALUES ARE ALSO IN A GOOD RANGE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL (BETWEEN 9K AND 10K FT.) SPC HAS PLACED MUCH OF OUR AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR FRIDAY. EXPECT ISENTROPIC OVERRUNNING TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD CORE, CLOSED UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. RAIN WILL SPREAD BACK TO THE NORTH ACROSS OUR AREA AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SINCE SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH ON SATURDAY, DONT EXPECT A WARM-UP. INDEED, AS SURFACE LOW PULLS INTO THE CAROLINAS LATE IN THE DAY, AND UPPER LOW DROPS TO NEAR MEMPHIS, EXPECT SOME RAPID LATE-DAY COOLING, WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT A CHANGE-OVER TO SNOW OVER OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE SATURDAY EVENING, WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST AREAS COULD SEE AT LEAST A BRIEF 3 TO 4 HOUR WINDOW WHEN THE SNOW COULD COME DOWN PRETTY GOOD. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S, WE WILL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT A FLUFFY WET SNOW THAT COULD EVEN SLUSH UP SOME ROADS IF IT COMES DOWN HARD ENOUGH. HAVE UNDERCUT MOS MAX TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY, WITH THE EXPECTATION FOR SOME SNOW COVER. .LONG TERM...AFTER THE POSSIBLE QUICKIE SNOW EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY, EXPECT A TREND TOWARD DRY AND TRANQUIL CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK, WITH TEMPERATURES MODERATING BACK TO CLIMATOLOGICAL LEVELS RATHER QUICKLY. && .AVIATION... STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON EXACT TIMING OF PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG FAST MOVING COLD FRONT ITSELF. KEEPING EVERYTHING IN MIND... BELIEVE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE BETWEEN 10Z TO 12Z BNA AND 12Z TO 14Z CSV...WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED AT BOTH LOCATIONS. WILL CONTINUE WITH MVFR CEILINGS THROUGH AT LEAST 14Z...WITH VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH 00Z SAT. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 549 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271200- 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- 549 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE MIDSTATE LATE TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL... MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSTATE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY OVER ALABAMA AND GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTH HALF IN THE MORNING AND THE SOUTH HALF IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. AS COLD AIR DIVES INTO THE MIDSTATE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ALL SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER FORECAST IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES. JLM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported by Stewart County Emergency Management Officials just west of Dover.
Davidson County Emergency Management Officials reported that trees and power lines were down at several locations across the county.
Trees and power lines were downed in the downtown Nashville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2009
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: 154695, 154696, 154978.