Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon through early evening hours on Monday, July 26th. Some of these thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across four counties in the mid state and and EF1 tornado in Davidson County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon through early evening hours on Monday, July 26th. Some of these thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across four counties in the mid state and and EF1 tornado in Davidson 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 Jul 26, 11:54 AM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1254 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 .UPDATE...UPATED ZONE/GRID PACKAGE...MAINLY FOR SRN COUNTIES TO RAISE POPS AND MENTION TSTMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ACTIVITY IS BEING AIDED BY MCV OVER TN/KY BORDER MOVING ENE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1244 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010/ AVIATION....18Z TAFS... ATMOSPHERE TO CONTINUE TO DESTABALIZE AS REMNANTS FROM BONNIE COMBINES WITH WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA. CONVECTION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TOWARD 12Z. AVIATION...12Z TAFS. STALLED FRONT AND INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPECIFIC TIMING IMPOSSIBLE...BUT PROB30 FOR BNA AND CSV SEEMS REASONABLE. LATE NIGHT MVFR BR WILL OCCUR IF RAIN FALLS AND THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. WIND DIRECTIONS ARE ALSO QUESTIONABLE WITH THE WEAK BOUNDARY DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA...AND OTHER CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY...GENERALLY FOLLOWED LAMP GUIDANCE. 13 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 AM CDT MON JUL 26 2010/ SHORT TERM...IT'S ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY MORNING IN THE MID STATE, WITH 300 AM TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S. THE HEAT ISLAND OF NASHVILLE WAS THE HOT SPOT, STILL CLINGING TO A READING IN THE LOWER 80S (UGHH!). CHARGING OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN ANTICIPATED LAST NIGHT, AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES (INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE AREA) WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF OUR AREA TODAY, WITH A 40% POP ACROSS THOSE AREAS. FOR THE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIOD WE SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL RETREAT OF DEEPEST MOISTURE TO THE NORTH AND EAST, AS LOW LEVEL DRY TONGUE SLIDES INTO SOUTHERN AREAS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THAT PERIOD SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40 AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT SLIPS IN FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AND INCREASES THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH). LONG TERM...COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, LOWERING DEW POINTS INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S NORTH AND EAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 60S OVER MOST AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, AND EXPECT LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S OVER THE EASTER HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. THAT SHOULD BE WELCOME CHANGE FROM MINS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S OF RECENT DAYS. BY MONDAY, FLOW TURNS BACK TO THE SOUTH, WITH A RETURN TO HOTTER CONDITIONS AND RISING DEW POINTS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 534 AM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271045- 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- 534 AM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. A WEAK FRONT OVER THE AREA WILL INTERACT WITH INCREASING MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE HOT AND HUMID PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1227 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 TNZ061-075-261815- BEDFORD-MARSHALL- 1227 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD AND MARSHALL COUNTIES... AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway department reported 4 to 5 trees blown down and blocking roads in Minor Hill.
Numerous trees were blown down across Neeley Creek Road.
White Bluff Fire Chief reported several trees down in the White Bluff area. Large tree limb was also reported to be sticking out of one home’s roof. A few other houses had roof damage. Several vehicles were damaged by falling limbs/trees. Newspaper reported that more than 20 homes along Wolfe Road had downed trees from the storm and several driveways were also blocked. Downed power lines also occurred in this area, leaving about 1,500 households without power until 3:30 AM CST on Tuesday, July 27th.
Several trees were blown down at the intersection of State Highway 230 East and Dodd Hollow Road.
National Weather Service and Metro Nashville Office of Emergency Management Officials surveyed damage in Northern Davidson County. Most of the surveyed damage, including Trail Hollow Lane just west of Interstate 24, and communities along Brick Church Pike from Northbrook Drive south to Briley Parkway, was from microburst winds. A semi-trailer was blown over, dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted, and several roofs suffered minor damage. Maximum winds in these areas were around|80 mph.
Further north, areas along Westchester Drive experienced much more significant damage. Approximately 12 brick homes suffered heavy roof damage, including one which had a large section of the roof removed. Two buildings were impaled by two by fours, and a couple of dozen windows were blown out. The damage pattern in this area was characterized by convergence and obvious rotation consistent with a tornado. Damage that occurred was also consistent with the highest end of the EF-1 range, 105 to 110 mph.
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