Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee locations west of Interstate 65 during the afternoon hours on Sunday, August 15th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across three counties.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee locations west of Interstate 65 during the afternoon hours on Sunday, August 15th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across three 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 Aug 15, 12:33 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 133 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES...ISO/SCT SHWRS/TSTMS TIMING DEVELOPMENT/AREAL COVERAGE/IMPACTS AND FG DEVELOPMENT/IMPACTS BNA/CSV. ISO SHWRS /TSTMS ACROSS MID STATE AT 15/18Z...MAINLY W OF CSV. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THRU AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOL/INSTABILITY/DIURNAL LIFTING MECHANISMS COMING TOGETHER FOR SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS MID STATE 15/20Z-15/24Z. ADDRESSED WITH TEMPO TSRA/MVFR VSBYS BNA...TEMPO TSRA/MVFR CEILINGS/IFR VSBYS CSV. SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD DIMINISH AOA 15/02Z...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOL/INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT VCSH THRU A0A 16/06Z-16/08Z. WITH TAF SITES POTENTIALLY GETTING RAINFALL... MVFR BR VSBYS BNA/IFR VSBY CSV. SCT LOW TO MID DECK AOA 16/14Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 831 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010/ UPDATE... SCT RW/TRW TDAY WITH FNTL BDRY APPROACH. BDRY WL CLEAR MON WITH LOWER DEWPTS. LAST DAY OF HEAT ADVISORY TDAY. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 611 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010/ UPDATE...FOR 15/12Z AVIATION FORECAST AVIATION... BEEN WATCHING SMALL COMPLEX OVER WESTERN KY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND AT 11Z WAS APPROACHING STEWART CO ALONG KY/TN BORDER. DIGITAL VIL HAS SHOWN SOME WEAKENING LAST HOUR. EXPECT GENERALLY VFR AGAIN TODAY AT BOTH BNA AND CSV BUT WILL MENTION CB IN FORECAST AS SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE IN AFTERNOON HEAT MOST ANY PLACE. BOYD PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 302 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010/ DISCUSSION... WARM MOIST AIR REMAINS PUT OVER THE AREA WITH WEAK CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES/ OUTFLOWS SCATTERED ABOUT. FURTHER WEST...MORE DEFINED COLD FRONT SITUATED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ALOFT...WEAK TROF HOLDING JUST EAST AS UL HIGHS RETROGRADES BACK WEST. WITH HELP OF WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...FRONTAL BOUNDARY OUT WEST WILL PUSH TO THE MS RIVER VALLEY LATE TODAY...THEN DOWN ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. AIRMASS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY/CAPE LATER TODAY / EARLY TONIGHT...BUT THESE PARAMETERS LOOK TO BE CURTAILED SOME MONDAY NORTH AS FRONT SAGS SOUTH. HEAT INDICES WILL STILL REACH ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY BUT PRESENCE OF SLIGHTLY DRIER DEWPTS AND FEW MORE CLOUDS SHOULD BRING LITTLE COOLER HEAT INDICES ON MONDAY. LL MOISTURE WILL HOWEVER REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR MORE ISO-SCT THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AFTERNOONS/EVENINGS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY SEEMS TO GET CAUGHT UP OVER THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY ON TUESDAY AS SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND EVENTUALLY TURNS NORTH MID-WEEK AHEAD OF SHARPER ML/UL TROF MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BECOME MORE INTO PLAY INTO LATE WEEK...SPREADING DEEPER MOISTURE UP ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN THE CONTINUATION OF AT LEAST SCT SHWRS/STORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. CONVECTION WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND AS UL TROF AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY/INVERTED AXIS MOVES OVER TO THE APPALACHIANS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>010-022>031- 056>064-075-077-093>095. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-161030- PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN- 1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-161030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ACROSS LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A DALE HOLLOW LAKE...TO CHESTNUT MOUND...TO SMITHVILLE... TO WOODBURY...TO HILLSBORO LINE. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 31
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1146 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 35.62N 87.05W
08/14/2010 MAURY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE COLUMBIA AREA.
0850 PM HAIL 4 NE SPARTA 35.98N 85.42W
08/14/2010 M0.88 INCH WHITE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1201 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 36.26N 85.94W
08/14/2010 SMITH TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CARTHAGE AREA DUE TO
HIGH WINDS.
&&
04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1208 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 35.62N 87.05W
08/14/2010 MAURY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE COLUMBIA AREA.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 36.26N 85.94W
08/14/2010 SMITH TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CARTHAGE AREA DUE TO
HIGH WINDS.
0850 PM HAIL 4 NE SPARTA 35.98N 85.42W
08/14/2010 M0.88 INCH WHITE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
31The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down near Ethridge.
Several trees were reported down at the intersection of Norwood Road and Divider and Natchez Trace Road. These trees were large enough that the Benton County Highway Department was called out and chainsaws were needed to remove them from off of the road.
Trees about 10 inches in diameter and power lines were reported down in the vicinity of the intersection of Holly Creek and Railroad Bed Iron City Roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2010
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: 256632, 256784, 256781.