As a cold front moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Saturday, September 11th, a line of showers and thunderstorms developed out ahead of this cold front. Some of the thunderstorms within this line reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage in four counties across the mid state.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As a cold front moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Saturday, September 11th, a line of showers and thunderstorms developed out ahead of this cold front. Some of the thunderstorms within this line reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage in four counties across the mid state.
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 Sep 11, 11:37 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1237 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z TAFS. && .AVIATION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO APPROACH TO REGION AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND EAST THIS EVENING. SCT SHWRS/STRMS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP...ESPECIALLY EAST...AHEAD OF BOUNDARY. FOLLOWING BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT...MVFR/IFR FOG/CEILINGS MAY FORM...PARTICULARLY CSV. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1113 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010/ MESOSCALE UPDATE...MORNING SOUNDING FROM OHX SHOWS A MOIST, UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE WITH MINIMAL LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR. LIFTED INDEX IS -5.2, CAPE IS 3,017 J/KG, AND K-INDEX COMES IN AT 39. ALSO, PRECIPITABLE WATER IS NOW UP TO 2.05 INCHES. LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS GREATEST INSTABILITY ALONG A N-S AXIS RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH NASHVILLE. THIS IS ALSO THE REGION WITH GREATEST AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY HELPING DESTABILIZE THE ENVIRONMENT. COLD FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES SOUTHWESTWARD INTO WEST TENNESSEE, AND MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOWING UP ON THE MOSAIC RADAR IMAGE IS ACTUALLY BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED THE PUBLIC FORECAST TO REMOVE THE MORNING/AFTERNOON WORDING, BUT HAVE MADE NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 520 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121030- 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- 520 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE MID STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 17/MAG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 135 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 TNZ006>009-023>029-057-059-062-111930- CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MACON-MONTGOMERY- ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 135 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON ...DICKSON...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MACON ...MONTGOMERY... ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS... AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF GUTHRIE TO WAVERLY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO WAVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... MCEWEN BY 145 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 216 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 TNZ007>010-025>031-057-059-062-112015- CHEATHAM-CLAY-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-JACKSON-MACON-ROBERTSON- RUTHERFORD-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 216 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEATHAM...CLAY...DAVIDSON... DICKSON...HICKMAN...JACKSON...MACON...ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD... SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PORTLAND TO DICKSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF GALLATIN TO DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... PORTLAND BY 230 PM CDT. WHITE BLUFF BY 240 PM CDT. WHITE HOUSE BY 245 PM CDT. FAIRVIEW BY 250 PM CDT. KINGSTON SPRINGS BY 305 PM CDT. PEGRAM BY 310 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 07
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and limbs were blown down from the Warner Park area to Oak Hill.
Trees were downed in the Green Valley Estates Subdivision.
Trees were reported down around the Weakley Road/Bent Tree Subdivision area.
Trees were downed in the northeastern corner of the county, including State Highway 154 northeast of Jamestown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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