As an upper level disturbance moved into northwestern portions of Middle Tennessee during the late morning through early afternoon hours, severe thunderstorms developed producing thunderstorm wind damage across both Stewart and Robertson Counties and large hail in Stewart County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As an upper level disturbance moved into northwestern portions of Middle Tennessee during the late morning through early afternoon hours, severe thunderstorms developed producing thunderstorm wind damage across both Stewart and Robertson Counties and large hail in Stewart County.
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 Sep 6, 5:31 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 631 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES CONCERNING CEILINGS...VSBYS...AND LOCATION TIMING/DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY BNA...OF SHWRS/TSTMS THRU 07/12Z. DESPITE 50% ZONE COVERAGE FOR AREAS INCLUDING BNA/CSV...DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT IN CAT OR TEMPO WORDING SHWRS/TSTMS...EXPECT TEMPO CSV 06/21Z TO 07/01Z WHERE POSSIBLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSAGE ...ALONG WITH OROGRAPHIC LIFTING...COULD INITIATE TSTMS. BELIEVE VCSH/VCTS BEST BOTH BNA/CSV PER LOCATION TIMING/DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS. THUS...VFR BNA THRU 07/09Z...THEN MVFR VSBY. VFR CSV...EXCEPT TEMPO MVFR VSBY..THRU 07/02Z...THEN MVFR VSBYS...07/09Z CEILINGS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009/ .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...AS A SLOW MOVING TROUGH AXIS NOSES TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THESE LIGHT SHOWERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT NOTED ON THE 305K TO 315K SURFACES. 00Z SOUNDING FROM BNA SHOWS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO THE AREA ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW LEVELS...WHICH SHOULD HELP WITH THE CU DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. LIMITING FACTOR FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT FEW PERIODS MAY BE LACK OF FORCING OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS MODELS SHOW THE FAVORED AREAS LIE TO THE NORTH. CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY SUPPORTS THIS AS BETTER COVERAGE WAS BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. OVERALL HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW PERIODS DUE TO THE EXPECTED LACK OF UPWARD MOTION...BUT KEPT THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PLATEAU...ESPECIALLY AFTER MONDAY WHEN TROUGH AXIS BEGINS TO LIFT OUT OF THE AREA. GFS/NAM GUIDANCE SHOW A FAVORED PROXIMITY OVER THE EASTERN CWA AS A WEAK SPEED MAX MOVES OUT OF THE TROUGH BY 12Z MONDAY. COVERAGE MAY EVEN BE ABSENT OVER THE WESTERN CWA BY LATE MONDAY GIVEN THE MOISTURE FIELDS AND VEERING WINDS. CLEARING TRENDS ACROSS THE WEST HALF MAY ALLOW FOR SIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON TEMPS...MID-UPPER 80S...ESPECIALLY BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31/JBW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071000- 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- 500 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 31/JBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1139 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009 TNZ007-008-026-027-061745- ROBERTSON-SUMNER-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...ASHLAND CITY... KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE 1139 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009 ...STRONG STORM IN ROBERTSON COUNTY... AT 1135 AM A STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD TO CROSSPLAINS IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. RAINFALL RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR BOYD
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:54 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down blocking roadway.
Damage reported to a car wash roof in Dover. Extent of damage was not reported.
Dime size hail was reported in Dover.
Part of the Dover Middle School Roof was reported to have been peeled off. Actual percentage of roof peeled off was unknown.
Emergency Manager estimated winds at least 60 MPH at the County's Emergency Management Office.
Trees were blown down in Cumberland City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 195832, 195833, 195630, 195874, 195834, 195835.