As a strong surface low pressure system developed and moved from southern Kentucky southeastward and into the Cumberland Plateau Region during the early afternoon hours on Tuesday, November 16th, a strong wind damage event occurred in Overton County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As a strong surface low pressure system developed and moved from southern Kentucky southeastward and into the Cumberland Plateau Region during the early afternoon hours on Tuesday, November 16th, a strong wind damage event occurred in Overton 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 Nov 16, 12:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1238 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 16/18Z AVIATION FORECAST && .AVIATION... SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY TRACKING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND HAS BEEN ON A I65 TRACK MOST OF THE MORNING AS IT PASSED THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE. BULK OF PRECIP HAS SHIFTED NORTH AND EAST OF CSV AT THIS TIME BUT A SHORT LINE OF SHOWERS HAS DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CSV WHICH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TERMINAL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN ASSOCIATED MORE WITH UPPER LEVEL FEATURE STRETCHES FROM THE MEMPHIS AREA NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE AND INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME QUESTION ON HOW MUCH OF AN AFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON THE BNA TERMINAL. THINK BULK OF PRECIP WILL STAY WEST AND NORTH OF BNA BUT MAY CLIP TERMINAL AT TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS AND VSBYS DIFFICULT TO FORECAST WITH SUCH CHANGEABILITY IN THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. BOYD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1023 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010/ UPDATE... MODELS (AND CURRENT CONFIGURATION) WOULD INDICATE POPS NEED LOWERING OVER S AND E PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. LO PRES AROUND BNA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NE. SOME GUSTY S WINDS ON E SIDE OF LO TRACK. MAG PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010/ UPDATE... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...12Z TAFS. PERSISTENT SHOWERS W/IFR CONDITIONS THRU 18Z. DECREASE IN PCPN THIS AFTERNOON W/GUSTY NW WINDS. MVFR CIGS EXPECTED THIS EVE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010/ DISCUSSION...SFC LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTH MS...NEAR JACKSON...WITH A FRONT THAT EXTENDS NEWD ACROSS MS/AL/GA. ASSOCIATED RAINFALL COVERS MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH AND IS OVERSPREADING THE MIDSTATE ATTM. THE SFC LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEWD FROM SOUTH MS ACROSS THE MIDSTATE TODAY. UP TO ONE INCH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY IN THE NWRN COUNTIES. SFC WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE CURRENT NE FLOW TO SWLY FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25-30 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE WRN COUNTIES. RAIN CONTINUING THIS EVENING BUT TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT FROM THE WEST AS THE LOW PULLS NEWD INTO THE ERN GREAT LAKES BY 6 AM WED. A BRIEF DRY PERIOD ON WED FOLLOWED BY A "CLIPPER" SYSTEM ON WED NGT THAT WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN FOR WED NGT AND THU AM. THIS FEATURE WILL SHIFT UPPER WINDS TO THE NW...SHUTTING OFF MOISTURE TO THE AREA TEMPORARILY. PIT OF THE THERMAL TROUGH SWINGS BY LATE THU AS TEMPS AS 850MB DROP TO NEAR ZERO BRIEFLY. DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA LATE MON NGT AND TUE. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 617 AM CST TUE NOV 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- 617 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A ROUND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 930 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 TNZ030-032-063>066-075-077>080-161700- BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DEKALB-GRUNDY-PUTNAM-SMITH-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE- 930 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE... CUMBERLAND...DEKALB...GRUNDY...PUTNAM...SMITH...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND WHITE COUNTIES... AT 922 AM CST...SPOTTERS REPORT GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ACROSS COFFEE COUNTY. THESE WINDS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. BOYD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 953 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 TNZ009>011-028>034-063>066-077>080-161715- CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DEKALB-FENTRESS-GRUNDY-JACKSON-MACON- OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-SMITH-TROUSDALE-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILSON- 953 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CANNON...CLAY...COFFEE... CUMBERLAND...DEKALB...FENTRESS...GRUNDY...JACKSON...MACON... OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...SMITH...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN... WARREN...WHITE AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 949 AM CST...SPOTTERS REPORTED GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ACROSS COFFEE COUNTY. THESE WINDS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. LOOK FOR GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. BOYD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Near the West End Market BP in Livingston, at least several shallow rooted trees were uprooted due to strong winds.
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