On Monday, April 25th, during the mid afternoon hours, a severe thunderstorm developed over Steward County resulting in downed trees. During the late evening hours on that same day, a line of showers and thunderstorms moved into western portions of the mid state.
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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.
On Monday, April 25th, during the mid afternoon hours, a severe thunderstorm developed over Steward County resulting in downed trees. During the late evening hours on that same day, a line of showers and thunderstorms moved into western portions of the mid state. Within this line, a few thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage across three counties in the northwestern portions of Middle Tennessee.
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 Apr 25, 2:43 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 343 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 .SHORT TERM...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE EARLY TODAY FIZZLED OUT AS THEY MOVED EASTWARD. HOWEVER, ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND STARTED PUSHING INTO NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY 330 PM. SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF THE MID STATE, THAT RUNS UNTIL 8 PM CDT, INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS AN AREA THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MID STATE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING ALONG MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED PORTION OF NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS IS THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ON SUNDAY...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE INCREASED RUN OFF AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO ERUPT OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PUSH INTO WESTERN PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY SUNSET TOMORROW. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...INCLUDING TORNADOES...STILL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY, AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTHEASTWARD FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA BY 0OZ, THU. SPC HAS PLACED MUCH OF THE MID STATE UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT COMING UP OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WITH RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER EASTERN AREAS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT LOCALIZED FLOODING TO BECOME LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY OVER MUCH OF THE MID STATE, AS REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. .LONG TERM...MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN, IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 65 82 65 79 / 60 70 80 100 CLARKSVILLE 65 80 64 78 / 100 70 80 100 CROSSVILLE 63 76 64 75 / 30 70 60 100 COLUMBIA 65 83 66 79 / 60 70 80 100 LAWRENCEBURG 65 83 66 78 / 70 70 80 100 WAVERLY 65 81 65 78 / 100 70 80 100 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR TNZ011-028-030>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR TNZ005>010- 022>027-029. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261000- 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- 500 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A WAYNESBORO TO SPRINGFIELD LINE. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE MID STATE ON WEDNESDAY. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY 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 31
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down.
Damage in Benton county was the result of an unusually intense microburst with estimated wind speeds of 110 miles an hour. Damage occurred along a 15-mile path that was up to 1 mile wide. There were thousands of trees snapped or uprooted. There was also roof damage to many homes. A couple of barns were barns destroyed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county. At least 2 trees fell on homes. Specific details concerning any damage to the homes and associated costs were unknown.
Trees and power lines were downed on State Highway 231 resulting in the temporarily closer of this road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2011
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: 301512, 301508, 301507, 301518.