Severe thunderstorms developed across Coffee and Cumberland Counties during the late afternoon hours on June 15th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage, large hail, and a lightning strike causing major damage to a barn respectively.
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Severe thunderstorms developed across Coffee and Cumberland Counties during the late afternoon hours on June 15th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage, large hail, and a lightning strike causing major damage to a barn respectively.
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 Jun 15, 1:29 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 229 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 .DISCUSSION... ANALYSIS SHOWING SFC LOW IN THE UPPER MID-WEST...WITH ASSOCIATED NEARLY STATIONARY CDFNT DOWN INTO THE PLAINS AND WMFNT UP ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. THE MID-SOUTH REMAINS IN VERY WARM/HUMID SECTOR WITH UL RIDGE AND SFC HIGH IN CONTROL. SCT CONVECTION BREAKING OUT ALL OVER THE REGION BUT IS STILL MINIMAL IN THE CWA. WEAK UL TROUGH ALONG WITH SFC LOW SET TO CROSS THE MID-WEST/GREAT LAKES THROUGH WED...PUSHING CDFNT TO JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA BY 12Z WED THEN SEEMINGLY STALLING IT CLOSE TO THERE THROUGH 00Z THU. SOME QUESTION REMAINS ON HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL SINK AFTER THAT POINT BUT GFS REMAINS MORE AGGRESSIVE DROPPING DEW INTO THE UPR 50S ON THU AFTERNOON. REALLY HARD TO TELL HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL GO BUT ML/UL TROUGH DOES BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED ALONG THE EAST COAST LATE THU. ULTIMATELY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO INCREASE CONVECTION TONIGHT...POSSIBLY WITH MCS MOVING JUST NORTH LATE...AND ON INTO WED AS WELL...AS MOISTURE/INSTABILITY REMAIN PLENTIFUL. AS FOR WED NIGHT/THU...HARD TO BELIEVE THAT MUCH DRYING WILL OCCUR SUCH THAT AT LEAST ISO STORMS WONT FORM...ESPECIALLY SOUTH WHERE DECAYING BOUNDARY MAY BE PRESENT. REMNANTS OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY HANG AROUND THE VICINITY INTO THE WEEKEND BUT OVERALL...THE MID-SOUTH DROPS INTO MORE OF A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME DIURNAL CONVECTION PATTERN AS UPR RIDGE AND BERMUDA HIGH LOOKING TO BE MAIN FACTORS. TEMPS LIKELY TO STAY ABOVE SEASON NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 75 92 71 92 / 30 40 10 20 CLARKSVILLE 72 90 67 91 / 40 30 10 20 CROSSVILLE 70 86 67 87 / 30 40 20 20 COLUMBIA 75 92 72 92 / 30 50 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 74 91 71 91 / 30 50 20 20 WAVERLY 73 91 70 92 / 30 40 10 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 509 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161000- 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- 509 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE WITH BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THIS SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY... CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. .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
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed along Blanton Chapel Road.
Lightning struck a barn and set fire to it, causing major damage. The barn was located on U.S. Highway 127 South, just south of the Cumberland Mountain State Park. A house was also struck by lightning on U.S. Highway 127 South, but no fire was reported.
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