An area of showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Kentucky and moved into the north central portions of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on Monday, July 19th. This resulted in some thunderstorms reaching severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind, flash flooding, and lightning damage across locations near and on the Northern Cumberland Plateau.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
An area of showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Kentucky and moved into the north central portions of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on Monday, July 19th. This resulted in some thunderstorms reaching severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind, flash flooding, and lightning damage across locations near and on the Northern Cumberland Plateau.
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 Jul 18, 11:04 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1204 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATE ISSUED TO INCLUDE AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... CSV TAF...COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON KY/TN BORDER AREA WILL AFFECT CSV TERMINAL BETWEEN 06-08Z...WITH CIGS LOWERING AT TIMES TO AT LEAST MVFR AND VSBYS TO IFR. STORMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AFTER THAT...AND WILL COVER THAT WITH CB IN CLOUD GROUP. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS AROUND DAYBREAK...THEN VFR THEREAFTER. BNA TAF...WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN STORM COMPLEXES...ONE TO E AND ONE OVER MO BOOTHEEL...WHICH APPEARS TO BE MOVING S OR SSE. AND IF IT DOES NOT WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE...IT SHOULD MOVE INTO W TN/NE AR FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRIEF MVFR CIGS AROUND DAYBREAK. OTHERWISE VFR. AIR MASS ACROSS MID STATE FORECAST TO DRY OUT SOME ON MON...AS UPPER LEVEL NW FLOW BECOMES ZONAL...SO NO STORMS EXPECTED AT EITHER SITE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1105 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010/ UPDATE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ERN KY CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST SOUTHEASTWARD INTO OUR NERN COUNTIES. HAVE UPPED POPS AND PUT IN MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CLUSTER OF ACTIVITY IN SERN MO EARLIER APPEARED TO BE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST...BUT NOW SEEMS TO BE PROPAGATING SWD/SEWD. THE CURRENT TRACK WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH WEST TN. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 802 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-191100- 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-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 802 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF THE MID STATE. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO REACH INTO THE 100 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE... BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND EACH AFTERNOON THEREAFTER THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN STEIGERWALDT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1133 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010 TNZ009>011-031-033-034-190530- CLAY-FENTRESS-JACKSON-MACON-OVERTON-PICKETT- 1133 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...FENTRESS...JACKSON... MACON...OVERTON AND PICKETT COUNTIES... AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CELINA TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 7 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. JLM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1230 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 TNZ009-010-031-190630- CLAY-JACKSON-MACON- 1230 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES... AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS....ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 140 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 TNZ031-190715- JACKSON- 140 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON COUNTY... AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF GAINESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GAINESBORO BY 150 AM CDT. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 31
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
For 2.7 miles along York Highway northeast of Gainesboro, numerous trees were snapped and some uprooted by straight line winds.
Roads were impassable with debris in roads and trees down due to flash flooding in Hermitage Springs.
Trees were reported downed at 655 Turkey Town Road in Hilman.
Flooding occurred in Cookeville at Broad Street and at Willow Avenue. Jackson Street and Willow Street were both under water.
House fire was started by a lightning strike which resulted in minor damage to a home in Allardt. Extent of minor damage was unkown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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