Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Saturday, July 30th. One of these thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage in Robertson County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on Saturday, July 30th. One of these thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage in Robertson 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 Jul 30, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 345 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011 .SHORT TERM (THRU TUE)... TSTM COMPLEX IN SE MO/S IL EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO MID TN THIS EVENING. SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TURN MORE SOUTH NEXT 2-4 HRS AND WL ADVERTISE EVENING RAIN CHANCE AT 50 PERCENT (MODEL POPS 20-40%). MAIN HAZARD WITH EVENING STORMS WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER LATE THIS EVE WITH PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEAK FNTL BDRY SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY WITH DRIER AIR MOVG SOUTH ACR THE REGION. A WARMER DAY WITH CHC OF RW/TRW CONSIDERING LINGERING MOISTURE/HEATING. MORE SUN WITH HIGHS IN THE LWR 90S. DRY WARM PERIOD MON-TUE AS SOUTHERN PLAINS H5 RIDGE SHIFTS EAST. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID 90S W OF PLAT AND LOWS IN THE MID 70S. LKLY TO SEE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WITH HIGHS NEAR 100 DEGREE WEST. .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)... HOT AND DRY WED WITH HIGHS NEAR 100 DEGREES W OF PLAT. MODELS SHIFT H5 RIDGE WEST THU-FRI WITH POSSIBLE FNTL BDRY. CHC STORMS NEAR BDRY MAINLY THU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 74 93 74 95 / 50 30 10 05 CLARKSVILLE 72 92 71 94 / 50 20 10 05 CROSSVILLE 70 88 69 89 / 50 40 10 10 COLUMBIA 74 94 74 96 / 50 40 10 05 LAWRENCEBURG 73 93 73 95 / 50 40 10 05 WAVERLY 73 93 73 95 / 50 40 10 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 631 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-311030- 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- 631 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WIND AND MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were downed on State Highway 76 west of Adams.
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