A severe thunderstorm developed over Houton County during the afternoon hours on Sunday, February 27th. This severe thunderstorm produced thunderstorm wind damage just south of Erin.
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A severe thunderstorm developed over Houton County during the afternoon hours on Sunday, February 27th. This severe thunderstorm produced thunderstorm wind damage just south of Erin.
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 27, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 318 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 .SHORT TERM... ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY... COMBINATION OF SEASONALLY HIGH SFC BASED INSTABILITY(500-1000 J/KG RANGE) AND A STRONGLY SHEARED WIND PROFILE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN THE MID STATE. THE LACKING INGREDIENT FOR SEVERE IS FAVORABLE DIURNAL TIMING AS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO PRIMARILY AFFECT US MONDAY MORNING. COOL SEASON EVENTS AROUND HERE HAVE FREQUENTLY OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF "PRIME" DAYTIME HEATING HOURS HOWEVER...SO THIS MAY NOT BE TOO BIG A LIMITING FACTOR. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT MAINLY NORTHWESTERN 1/3 OF MIDDLE TN AS LLJ STRENGTHENS AND INSTABILITY REMAINS. MAIN ACTION THEN LOOKS TO OVERSPREAD THE MID- STATE IN THE 4-6 AM (FAR WEST) TO 12-2 PM (FAR EAST) TIME FRAME AS FRONT APPROACHES. DISCRETE/SUPERCELLULAR CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE EXPECTED AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE PLATEAU. EXPECT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BUT FLOOD THREAT APPEARS BEST TO OUR NORTH WHERE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IN THE HWO BUT NOT ISSUE AN FFA AT THIS TIME. LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE REST OF THE PREV FCST. STAYED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO MAV TMPERATURES THROUGHOUT. .LONG TERM... A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION FROM THE SHORT TERM BEGINNING 00Z WED. SFC WINDS STRUGGLE TO RETURN SOUTHERLY AND ENRICH THE LOW LEVELS WITH GOOD MOISTURE THRU THURSDAY NIGHT. DRIER AIR SHOULD CLEAR SKIES ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR DECENT DAYTIME HEATING WED AND THUR INTO THE LOW 60S. LOW LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY 00Z FRIDAY AND AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE UL TROUGH WILL CREATE A RETURN TO MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING THE BEST CHANCES FOR POPS BY SATURDAY. BY 18Z SAT...GFS SOLUTIONS PUSH THE SW INTO WESTERN TN. 60+ KT 850MB FLOW AND A STOUT PRE FRONTAL TROUGH...NOT TO MENTION GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT..SHOULD PROVIDE THE SCENARIO FOR DECENT TSRA CHANCES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE KEPT CHC POPS AT THE MOMENT ALLOWING FOR SOME ANTICIPATED CHANGES IN DAY 7 MODEL DEPICTIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 71 62 68 35 / 60 90 90 05 CLARKSVILLE 70 62 63 30 / 60 90 80 0 CROSSVILLE 66 60 66 33 / 50 60 90 20 COLUMBIA 72 63 70 36 / 50 60 90 05 LAWRENCEBURG 73 62 71 36 / 40 60 90 05 WAVERLY 72 62 66 31 / 60 80 80 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JOHNSTONE/BOUCHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1257 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281200- 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- 1256 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MID STATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. A FEW COULD BE BRIEFLY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD OCCUR IN THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED FOR THE MID STATE MONDAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE AREA UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES. CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL AS A SQUALL LINE ALONG THE COLD FRONT. FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING. FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF I 65 INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL LINGER THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. IN ADDITIONAL TO SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I 40 WHERE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1153 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-280400- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1153 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. INCREASINGLY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL HELP GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE PEAK TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE ITSELF. DRY AND COLDER WEATHER WILL THEN MOVE IN BY MONDAY NIGHT. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. PLAN WHERE YOU WILL GO IF SEVERE WEATHER OR A TORNADO APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. JOHNSTONE/HERRON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed on power lines two miles south of Erin. Details concerning type of damage and cost associated with this damage were unknown.
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