As a warm front that was moving east to west across Middle Tennessee transitioned into a cold front by the afternoon hours west of the Tennessee River, and upper level disturbances developed that moved into the mid state from the west, Middle Tennessee was situated for the development of severe thunderstorms as a warm and unstable airmass took hold. Severe thunderstorms did develop during the…
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As a warm front that was moving east to west across Middle Tennessee transitioned into a cold front by the afternoon hours west of the Tennessee River, and upper level disturbances developed that moved into the mid state from the west, Middle Tennessee was situated for the development of severe thunderstorms as a warm and unstable airmass took hold. Severe thunderstorms did develop during the late morning through late evening hours across mainly northern portions of the mid state, resulting in several thunderstorm wind damage and one hail report being received.
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 Jun 22, 9:33 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1033 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009 .UPDATE...LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ZONE CONTINUED FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST. IN MID TN...THE BOUNDARY WAS LYING ACROSS THE PLATEAU. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER KY... MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS THE PLATEAU...SO POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED INTO THE LIKELY RANGE FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. POPS WILL TAPER DOWN TO 10 PERCENT IN OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE RIDGE WILL SUPPRESS CONVECTION. VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS NOTED OVER THE PLATEAU WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATING GREATER THAN 4000 J/KG CAPE VALUES TODAY. THIS AREA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT WESTWARD INTO THE MID STATE THIS EVENING...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MID TN TONIGHT. WE MAY NEED TO BUMP UP POPS A LITTLE ACROSS THE AREA. REST OF FORECAST OK FOR TODAY...WITH HOT AND HUMID WX CONTINUING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009/ SHORT TERM... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING WEAK SFC/LL FRONTAL BOUNDARY OF SORTS ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST COUNTIES. ML/UL HIGH CENTERS HAVE MOVED SLIGHTLY WEST...NOW OVER SOUTHERN MS. STRONG UPPER LOWS CONTINUE TO WOBBLE JUST OFF THE NORTHEAST US COAST...KEEPING THE CWA IN NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME ALOFT. LATE NIGHT CONVECTION DEVELOPING UPSTREAM CURRENTLY RIDING DOWN LL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLATEAU. ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE SHORT TERM AS UPPER HIGH MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH 00Z WED...WHILE NORTHEAST US UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY. THIS WILL KEEP THE CWA IN NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY NORTH FLOW ALOFT. SERIES OF IMPULSES/ POCKETS OF MOISTURE RIDING DOWN ALONG LL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TREND FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS...ESPECIALLY EAST WHERE INSTABILITY LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE. LONG TERM... SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS OCCUR TUE NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THU AS RIDGE AXIS FROM PLAINS HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH AND SFC/LL BOUNDARY WASHES OUT. THIS WILL SEEMINGLY SHIFT STORM TRACK FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THUS NO POPS PLANNED THROUGH THAT PERIOD. THU EVENING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP JUST TO THE NORTH AS RIDGE AXIS BREAKS DOWN AND A WEAK ML/UL TROUGH AXIS DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE REGION. MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES WILL RETURN ISOLATED TSTORMS TO THE EAST IN THE EVENING...THEN AREA WIDE FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF SAT BEFORE RIDGE AXIS RETURNS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 519 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-231030- 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- 519 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees and power lines were reported downed in Pea Ridge.
One tree was reported downed in the Clark Mountain Community.
A Large tree limb was blown down blocking Fiske Road.
A home near the intersection of State Road 84 and Rickman Road just escaped damage when a huge tree limb fell next to it.
Trees were reported downed in Orlinda.
A trained spotter measured a wind gust in Cross Plains of 71 MPH along with several trees down.
Tree was downed near the intersection of State Highway 76 and Sage Road North in Whitehouse.
Large tree 1.5 foot in diameter was down across power lines near White House Middle School on State Highway 31. Extent of any damage to power lines was unkown.
Large tree was reported downed in White House at Cherry Lane. Also reported were power lines downed and commercial power loss in the area.
Baton Rouge Drive in Hermitage experienced penny size hail. Hail just lasted for only a minute.
Trees and power lines were downed in Donelson.
Summer County Sheriffs Office reported trees down in the Gallatin area and other parts of Sumner County between 820 PM and 845 PM.
Spotter reported 60 MPH wind gust and power outages at Nolensville Pike and Harding Place. Extent of any damage that caused the power outages was unkown.
Trees and power lines were blocking the 7400 block of Coles Ferry Road.
Strong winds assoicated with a thunderstorm downed a large tree at the farm of Terry and Saranne Winfield, which landed on top of two pickup trucks, completely destroying them.
Estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH near Belinda City.
Four adults at the Valley View Church Camp were injured when a tree fell onto the mobile home camper. The adults were inside the camper checking the latest weather report when the tree smashed through the middle, trapping two people inside. All four adults were sent to a local hospital in Greenbrier. At the time this article was posted to the internet on 6/23 at 3:03 PM CST, three adults remained hospitalized with a variety of injuries including broken bones and a punctured lung. The fourth adult was treated for minor injuries and was released.
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, June 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: 183680, 183668, 185437, 185438, 183687, 183683, 183719, 183720, 183722, 181568, 183694, 183716, 183718, 183712, 185435, 183713, 184539.