As a cold front moved into the northern Cumberland Plateau region of Middle Tennessee , severe thunderstorms developed in a warm and unstable airmass across Overton County during the late afternoon hours, resulting in hail up to the size of golfballs and thunderstorm wind damage in Livingston.
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As a cold front moved into the northern Cumberland Plateau region of Middle Tennessee , severe thunderstorms developed in a warm and unstable airmass across Overton County during the late afternoon hours, resulting in hail up to the size of golfballs and thunderstorm wind damage in Livingston.
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 3, 4:00 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... CONVECTION REMAINS SCATTERED ACROSS MIDDLE TN AT 22Z. SURFACE LIS ARE DOWN TO A -8 ON PLATEAU AND NORTHEAST MIDDLE TN WITH POSITIVE ENERGY ALSO HIGHER HERE THAN ELSEWHERE IN MID STATE. MID LEVEL (700-500) LAPSE RATES ARE WEAK AT ABOUT 5 DEG/KM AND THEY REMAIN SO FOR THE NEXT 2 HRS. CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SVR STORM IN MID STATE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT MORE LIKELY TO OUR NORTH IN KY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 357 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041030- 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- 357 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE... BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ005-006-022>025-056-057-032200- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...LINDEN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE 335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN STEWART...HOUSTON...AND NORTHERN BENTON COUNTIES... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. STRONGER STORMS IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY WILL AFFECT DOVER AND STEWART COUNTIES BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH. 04
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of hail with sizes of up to a quarter were reported just west of Livingston.
Spotter reported quarter size hail falling on north side of Livingston.
Several large trees and power lines were downed in the city of Livingston. Power outages occurred across the majority of the city and lasted for several hours. One of the reasons was that a tree fell on a substation distribution line crossing North Oak Street owned by the Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation.
Golf ball size hail was reported in Livingston.
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