Severe thunderstorms developed across Humphreys and Rutherford Counties during the late afternoon to early evening hours on June 16th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed across Humphreys and Rutherford Counties during the late afternoon to early evening hours on June 16th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage.
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 16, 2:50 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 350 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE MAP AT 20Z SHOWS BOUNDARY STILL ACROSS OUR SOUTH WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION OCCURRING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND ISOLATED CELLS GOING ON ELSEWHERE. LOOK FOR THE CELLS TO LAST INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE ENTIRELY DISSIPATING. THE BOUNDARY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SLIDE SOUTH OF THE MID STATE LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, ALLOWING DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO SPREAD ACROSS, MEANING POP'S WILL BE GENERALLY LOWER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NOT EXPECTING ANY ACTIVE WEATHER AT ALL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS AIR MASS WILL SIMPLY BE TOO DRY. ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY AS DEW POINTS COME BACK UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES GET BACK TO THE MID 90'S. UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AS THE BERMUDA HIGH GETS LOCKED IN AND WE SEE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME RIDGING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 72 92 71 93 / 20 20 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 70 90 68 92 / 20 20 10 10 CROSSVILLE 66 86 64 88 / 20 10 10 10 COLUMBIA 71 92 71 93 / 20 20 10 20 LAWRENCEBURG 70 92 70 92 / 20 30 10 20 WAVERLY 71 91 69 92 / 20 20 10 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1205 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-171030- 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- 1205 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG, WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THIS SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY... CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH BRIEF 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 ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 508 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 TNZ022-024-162245- BENTON-HUMPHREYS- 508 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES... AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW JOHNSONVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 04
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown over onto two parked vehicles. No injuries were reported. Details on any damage to the two parked vehicles were unkown.
Trees were reported down near the intersection of Hurricane Creek Road and Little Hurricane Creek Road.
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, June 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: 240655, 240657.