Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Thursday, July 8th. One of these thunderstorms briefly reached severe thresholds, producing thunderstorm wind damage in Rutherford County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Thursday, July 8th. One of these thunderstorms briefly reached severe thresholds, producing thunderstorm wind damage in Rutherford 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 8, 12:19 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 119 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 .UPDATE... INCREASE IN MOISTURE WITH AFTERNOON HEAT WL GENERATE ISOLATED RW/ TRW REST OF THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY METRO NASH/I-65 CORRIDOR WEST. COVERAGE BECOMING SCATTERED WEST MID TN NEAR TN RVR W. && .AVIATION... HIT OR MISS TYPE RW/TRW ACTIVITY IN AFTERNOON HEAT. KEPT TAFS VFR. BETTER CHANCE OF PCPN FRI...FROM MID MORNING ON. KEPT ACTIVITY VCTS WITH A BETTER CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 607 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010/ AVIATION...12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION UNCERTAINTIES...ACTUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY TIMING MOVEMENT/EVENTUAL POSITIONING ACROSS NW MID STATE BY 09/12Z...DESTABILIZATION POTENTIAL AHEAD OF/ALONG FRONT ACROSS MID STATE...MVFR CEILING ACTUAL TIMING DEVELOPMENT/HEIGHTS/IMPACTS. AIRMASS SHOULD BECOME INCREASING UNSTABLE THRU 09/12Z...BUT WITH INSTABILITY NOT REACHING ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL UNTIL AFTER 09/12Z...ALONG WITH FRONTAL LIFTING INFLUENCES...BELIEVE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ISO TO SCT AT BEST. THUS A PROGRESSION TO CB REMARKS BY 08/20Z TO VCTS MVFR CEILING BNA BY 09/12Z. CSV...CB DEVELOPMENT A0A 09/06Z...WITH BKN MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING BY AROUND 09/12Z. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 239 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010/ DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY BEFORE RETROGRADING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY. THE RING OF FIRE (TSTMS) WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTHWEST WILL MOVE THIS WAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS BOUNDARY GETS CLOSER AND SLOWS TO A CRAWL. ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY AND A WARM THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A WELCOMED 10 DEGREE DROP IN AFTERNOON HIGHS ON FRIDAY. CRAS HAS BEST SHOT AT TSTMS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY ACROSS MID STATE. THIS IS IN LINE WITH 08/00Z GFS. BOUNDARY FINALLY SHIFTS SOUTH OF MID STATE BUT LOW 90S RETURN BY SUNDAY AND REMAIN INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER ANOTHER RAIN CHANCE IS IN THE MAKING BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK AS ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BOYD && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-091000- 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- 500 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 31
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage to gas station near Smyrna and one large tree was also blown down. Extent of damage to gas station was unknown.
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