As a strong storm system moved across Cumberland County during the early morning hours on Friday, February 25th, severe thuderstorms developed over the county. This resulted in trees being downed across the 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.
As a strong storm system moved across Cumberland County during the early morning hours on Friday, February 25th, severe thuderstorms developed over the county. This resulted in trees being downed across the 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 Feb 24, 8:29 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 829 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 .UPDATE... LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE TSTORMS CONTINUES TO PRECEDE COLD FRONT... WHICH IS CURRENTLY NEARING THE MS RIVER. NUMEROUS WARNINGS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST TN. THIS COLD FRONT...AND LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST...PLOWING RIGHT ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH 07Z OR SO. TOR WATCH REMAINS VALID THRU THAT TIME. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE DRASTICALLY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES AS DRIER AIR SETTLES IN. WILL ADJUST GRIDS TO REFLECT PASSING STORMS AND INCOMING DRIER AIR LATER TONIGHT. MAY MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS AS WELL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ UPDATE...FOR 00Z TAFS. AVIATION... STRONG SFC LOW ACRS CENTRAL AR WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO CENTRAL KY BY 06Z... THEN OFF TO WV ARND 12Z. THIS WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT ACRS THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL BE PRECEDED BY A LINE OF TSTORMS. THIS LINE WILL MOVE TO NEAR BNA 04-06Z THEN CSV 07-09Z. PASSING PCPN WILL PRODUCE MVFR/IFR CEILINGS/VSBYS...WITH VSBYS GREATLY INCREASING AFTER 12-14Z FROPA. CEILINGS HOWEVER WILL BE SLOW TO LIFT ON FRI. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...AN ACTIVE SVR WX EVENT LOOKS TO BE SET UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. WITH SEVERAL OF OUR W COUNTIES UNDER A TOR WATCH THRU 04Z...AND EXPECTING THE CHANCE OF ISO TORNADOES THRU THE ENTIRE NIGHT...HAVE MENTIONED THIS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD TONIGHT. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES... SOME TRIMMING OF THESE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS THE STRONG SFC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO W PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE BY 06Z...MOVE ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITIAN AREA BY AROUND 09Z...AND BEGIN TO EXIT THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA BY 12Z FRI. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AIRMASS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE... .ESPECIALLY ACROSS SW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE...WHERE INSTABILITY AND LIFTING MECHANISMS ARE MOST ENHANCED. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE ACROSS W PORTIONS OF MID STATE THRU AT LEAST 04Z...MAINLY ALONG AND W OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE TO LAWRENCEBURG...AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE E. IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL JET DYNAMICS WITH THIS POTENTIAL SVR WX EVENT ALSO...WITH 850 MB WIND FIELDS MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWING AN 80KT JET MAX ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA...WITH A 60KT-70KT JET MAX ACROSS E PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED 2128Z MESOSCALE DISCUSSION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SHORT TERM IMPACTS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS STORM SYSTEM MOVES EWD OF THE MID STATE ON FRI...AND STRONG RIDGING INFLUENCES BUILD ACROSS THE MID STATE FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST...LOOK FOR A DECREASING CLOUDINESS TREND WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE...CHANCE E PLATEAU...PER REMAINING RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE...OF LIGHT SHWRS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND E OF I-65 THRU THE MORNING HOURS ON FRI. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS CLOSE TO GFS/NAM FORECASTED VALUES. WITH MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO AT LEAST N PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE BY 12Z...WILL GO WITH AN INCREASING CLOUDINESS TREND ACROSS THESE AREAS AND SLIGHTLY RAISE LOWS FRI NIGHT FROM MODEL GUIDANCE FORECAST NUMBERS. EXPECT MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION DURING THE DAY ON SAT...WITH SLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID STATE...AS A STATIONARY FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST N OF THE MID STATE BY 12Z SUN. AS FOR HIGH TEMPS SAT AFTERNOON...WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY ACROSS N PORTIONS OF MID STATE PER STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH OVERALL CLOUDINESS ACROSS THIS AREA. ALSO BY 12Z SUN...OVERALL ATM MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS W PORTIONS OF MID STATE...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS...DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY/LIFT ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. THUS...WILL RAISE LOWS TEMPS ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS FOR SAT NIGHT ALSO. ANOTHER POSSIBLE POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE MID STATE SUN AND MON...LIKELY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. AFTER THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM EXITS OUR REGION MON NIGHT...THE MID STATE SHOULD EXPERIENCE DRY WEATHER...AS HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCES BUILD ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. HYDROLOGY... AS OF 2 PM CST...HERE AT THE NWS OFFICE IN OLD HICKORY...WE HAD 1.76 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU 12Z. HAVE MADE JUST SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HPC QPF VALUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE...WITH A SWATH OF ONE INCH TO ONE...STARTING FROM NEAR WAYNESBORO TO PORTLAND...INCREASING TO ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION OF NW TN...THRU 06Z. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS LOCATIONS JUST W OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AND W PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... WHERE GENERALLY 0.60 INCH IS EXPECTED. THESE ARE GENERAL VALUES ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR TNZ005>011-022>031- 033-056-057-059. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 718 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251130- 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- 718 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 600 AM FRIDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF NASHVILLE CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES, WITH THE CLARKSVILLE AND DOVER AREAS RECEIVING 3 TO 4 INCHES. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA, WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING, BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1052 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW LEBANON 36.17N 86.34W
02/24/2011 WILSON TN AMATEUR RADIO
AT BRIDGESTONE WAREHOUSE GUARD SHACK BLOWN OVER WITH MAN
INSIDE, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
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BWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1057 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TORNADO 3 SSW LEBANON 36.17N 86.34W
02/24/2011 WILSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
WILSON COUNTY EMA REPORTS NUMEROUS INJURIES POSSIBLE AT
BRIDGESTONE WAREHOUSE.
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1101 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM TSTM WND GST SMITHVILLE 35.96N 85.82W
02/24/2011 E80 MPH DE KALB TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1104 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND GST SMITHVILLE 35.96N 85.82W
02/24/2011 M80 MPH DE KALB TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 80MPH WIND GUST WITH HOME
WEATHER STATION.
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BWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1110 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG NASHVILLE 36.17N 86.78W
02/24/2011 DAVIDSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ABOUT 30 HOMES DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES ACROSS DAVIDSON
COUNTY REPORTED BY POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS. HARDEST HIT
AREA IS NEAR PERCY PRIEST LAKE.
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BWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1124 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG OLD HICKORY 36.26N 86.65W
02/24/2011 DAVIDSON TN NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE PINE TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ONE LANE OF SHUTE LANE.
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BWThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported downed across the county.
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, February 2011
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