Severe thunderstorms developed across the western half of Middle Tennessee through the afternoon hours on June 17th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across several counties,along with lightning striking a person in Maury County and also striking a home and starting a fire in Wilson County.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed across the western half of Middle Tennessee through the afternoon hours on June 17th, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across several counties,along with lightning striking a person in Maury County and also striking a home and starting a fire in Wilson 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 Jun 17, 12:56 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 156 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 .DISCUSSION...EARLIER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER THAT MOVED THROUGH THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA HAS NOW PASSED LARGELY OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS MOVING TOWARD MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY. BELIEVE THIS SYSTEM WILL LOSE SOME OF ITS STRENGTH ONCE IT ENTERS THE RAIN-COOLED AIR OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES HAVE RECOVERED SOMEWHAT FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL, AND WILL WARM A FEW MORE DEGREES WITH THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZING SOMEWHAT, BUT THE ENERGY SIMPLY ISN'T THERE TO SUSTAIN WIDESPREAD SEVERE CONVECTION AT THIS POINT. RADAR LOOP SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE ENERGY WITHIN THE EXISTING LINE OF STORMS IS SHIFTING WESTWARD, AND WILL THEREFORE MOSTLY AFFECT WEST TENNESSEE, AND PERHAPS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SURFACE MAP AT 18Z DOES CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK BOUNDARY SOUTH OF NASHVILLE THAT WAS PRESENT YESTERDAY, BUT HASN'T REALLY PROVIDED ANY FOCUS FOR ACTIVE WEATHER TODAY. NAM SHOWS SOME DRYING IN THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS BY THIS EVENING AS THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION DIES DOWN. WE WILL ALSO LOSE THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THAT IS PROPELLING THE CURRENT LINE OF STORMS SOUTHEASTWARD AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS TO OUR EAST AND THE UPPER FLOW BACKS TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS MEANS OUR RAIN CHANCES IN FUTURE DAYS WILL BE DIMINISHED. WE CAN EXPECT LESS CLOUD COVER AND CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES THE NEXT WEEK. A LARGE UPPER HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE OUR WEATHER PATTERN AS THE BERMUDA HIGH INFLUENCES THE SURFACE AND LOW LEVELS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MOST AFTERNOONS SIMPLY DUE TO THE HEAT AND EXISTING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 71 93 72 95 / 20 20 10 20 CLARKSVILLE 68 92 70 95 / 20 20 20 20 CROSSVILLE 65 87 65 89 / 10 10 10 20 COLUMBIA 71 93 71 95 / 20 20 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 70 92 70 94 / 20 20 20 20 WAVERLY 70 92 71 95 / 20 20 20 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 825 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181030- 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- 825 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY, PRIMARILY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRINGFIELD, TO LEBANON, TO WOODBURY, TO MCMINNVILLE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE, WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOOK FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EVERY DAY AS THE SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. 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 1022 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ008-026>029-059-062-063-171600- CANNON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON- WILSON- 1022 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CANNON...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON... RUTHERFORD...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1020 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKEWOOD...OR 7 MILES EAST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN DAVIDSON...NORTHERN CANNON...NORTHERN RUTHERFORD... SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER...SOUTHERN CHEATHAM...WESTERN TROUSDALE... WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RURAL HILL...SMYRNA AND WALTERHILL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1105 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ028>030-059-061>064-075-171645- BEDFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON- WILSON- 1105 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...DEKALB... MARSHALL...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SMYRNA...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN CANNON...NORTHERN DEKALB...NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN SMITH... SOUTHWESTERN TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SMYRNA...LA VERGNE...WALTERHILL AND MURFREESBORO... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1139 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ028-030-059-061>065-075-077-078-080-171715- BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-DEKALB-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1139 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE... DEKALB...MARSHALL...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...VAN BUREN...WARREN... WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MURFREESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN BEDFORD...CANNON...DEKALB...EASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN COFFEE...NORTHERN VAN BUREN...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON... SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN WHITE...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND WARREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1139 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ028-030-059-061>065-075-077-078-080-171715- BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-DEKALB-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1139 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE... DEKALB...MARSHALL...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...VAN BUREN...WARREN... WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MURFREESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN BEDFORD...CANNON...DEKALB...EASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN COFFEE...NORTHERN VAN BUREN...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON... SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN WHITE...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND WARREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1220 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ061>065-075-077>080-171815- BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-DEKALB-GRUNDY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE- 1220 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE... DEKALB...GRUNDY...MARSHALL...RUTHERFORD...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND WHITE COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN CANNON...COFFEE...EASTERN BEDFORD...NORTHERN GRUNDY... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN DEKALB... SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...VAN BUREN AND WARREN COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 218 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TNZ005-006-022>024-172000- BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART- 218 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS... MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES... AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN HOUSTON...NORTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN HUMPHREYS...STEWART AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF DOVER... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed on State Route 232 and along Taylor Chapel Road.
Several trees and street signs were downed.
Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred near New Johnsonville. Several trees were snapped in the area. Other trees were blown down near Waverly.
Several trees were blown down on River Road.
Trees were blown down across the eastern part of county. Wind damage extended into western portions of Maury County.
Several trees were blown down or snapped in the western and southern portions of the county, including at Trevecca Univeristy on Murfreesboro road. Reports were continuous received from 438 PM to 445 PM.
Man was struck by lightning in Williamsport. Details conerning the type and extent of injuries associated with the lightning strike were unkown.
A 60 mph wind gust was measured by a spotter in Columbia.
House was struck by lightning and was on fire at time of this report in Mt. Juliet. Details concerning the extent of damage and final damage amount costs were unkown.
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: 242540, 242541, 243505, 243480, 242545, 242542, 240665, 243504, 240668.