As a cold front moved into Middle Tennessee from Kentucky, and upper level disturbances moved across the mid state in northwesterly flow aloft, isolated severe thunderstorms developed in a warm and moist unstable airmass that had been present since the late afternoon hours. These thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours across Sumner and Overton Counties.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As a cold front moved into Middle Tennessee from Kentucky, and upper level disturbances moved across the mid state in northwesterly flow aloft, isolated severe thunderstorms developed in a warm and moist unstable airmass that had been present since the late afternoon hours. These thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours across Sumner and Overton Counties. These thunderstorms caused thunderstorm wind damage in both counties.
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 30, 5:46 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 646 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 .MESOSCALE UPDATE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT, OVER SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN AN UNSTABLE, BUT SOMEWHAT MOISTURE-STARVED ENVIRONMENT. HENCE, THE COVER IS VERY ISOLATED. EXPECT STORMS TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER, A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS MAY HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO REACH OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS CURRENTLY NEAR PADUCAH, KENTUCKY COULD REACH NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM, AS THEY CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 516 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 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- 516 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 13
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A fireworks tent at Bethpage was pulled up and a women working the stand sustained injury. Details of the extent of any injuries was unkown.
Trees were blown down causing power outages in Algood.
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