A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Middle Tennessee from the west during the late evening hours on June 16. One report of wind damage was received.
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A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Middle Tennessee from the west during the late evening hours on June 16. One report of wind damage was received.
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 Jun 16, 6:56 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 756 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 .UPDATE... LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF THE TN RIVER. STORMS ARE SEVERE IN SOUTHWESTERN TN CURRENTLY. HOWEVER...WEAKENING OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NEVERTHELESS...MODELS CONSISTENT WITH SHOWING THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF IMPULSES ALOFT OVERNIGHT WITHIN THE NW FLOW. WILL GO AHEAD AND INCREASE POPS FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE MID STATE. LATEST RUC AND NAM12 SOLUTIONS ARE IN LINE WITH BRING THE PRECIP INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BY 12Z. NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT ATTM. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 628 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/ UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES...POSSIBLE MCS MOVEMENT INTO W PORTIONS OF MID STATE AOA 17/05Z-17/07Z...SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES IN FLOW ALOFT...ASSOCIATED IMPACTS. SEVERAL ADMS POSSIBLE AOA 17/08Z-17/24Z. TRICKY FORECAST... BUT WENT WITH A GENERAL THEME AT BOTH BNA/CSV OF INCREASING TSTM PROBABILITIES FROM 17/08Z-17/24Z...AS FRINGES OF MCS COMPLEXES CURRENTLY OVER MS RIVER VALLEY REGION MAY MOVE INTO W PORTIONS OF MID STATE. SFC BASED INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE W TO E ACROSS THE MID STATE THRU REMAINDER OF THE VALID TAF FORECAST PERIOD...AND WITH AT LEAST POSSIBLE BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER ACROSS W PORTIONS OF MID STATE...AND WEAK SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES IN PREDOMINATELY NWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW ALOFT...AND WITH DIURNAL HEATING INFLUENCES AOA 17/15Z-17/24Z...ALONG WITH ORAGRAPHIC INFLUENCES CSV...ISO/SCT TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS CONTINUING NWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN. WITH UNCERTAINTIES TO ACTUAL AREAL COVERAGE...ADDRESSED TSTM POSSIBILITIES WITH VCTS REMARKS 17/15Z-17/24Z. WITH TIGHTENING SWLY SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MID STATE AOA 17/17Z-17/24Z...EXPECT SFC WIND GUSTS IN THE 20KT- 25KT RANGE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 506 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/ UPDATE... WILL ISSUE QUICK UPDATE TO REWORD ZONES. DEEP LAYER OF DRYER AIR MAKING ANY CONVECTION HARD TO COME BY. CONDITIONS TO CHANGE SOME OVERNIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE. MOISTURE TO INCREASE SOME AS UPPER DIVERGENCE REMAINS. WILL ISSUE UPDATE AND INCLUDE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT WORDING TO CLARIFY THAT THE BETTER PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE LATE TONIGHT. OTW...NO OTHER CHANGES FOR NOW. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 251 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/ DISCUSSION... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY SITTING JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW NOW IN PLACE AT ML/ULS. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS POPPED UP JUST NORTH BUT MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION WELL WEST/SOUTHWEST. CONVECTION MOVING INTO MO/AR NEXT CONCERN FOR THE AREA. LATEST RUNS INDICATING THIS COMPLEX WILL RIDE DOWN IN NORTHWEST FLOW...LIKELY CLIPPING THE WEST LATE THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY SPREADING FURTHER EAST OVERNIGHT. ON FRIDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES...WITH ISO-SCT CONVECTION AGAIN POSSIBLE CVWA-WIDE. MAIN BRUNT HOWEVER LOOKS TO GO JUST NORTH HOWEVER. FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY...ML/UL RIDGE MOVES LITTLE CLOSER BUT CONVECTION TO THE NORTH NEAR WARM FRONT STILL LOOKS TO DIVE DOWN ACROSS THE MID- STATE...ESPECIALLY THE EAST EARLY. AGAIN MAIN BRUNT STILL PASSING NORTH SO WILL KEEP POPS ON THE LOWER SIDE. SAME GENERAL TYPE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AS WELL. WARM FRONT REMAINS UP ACROSS THE OH VALLEY WHERE MOST STORMS WILL BE GENERATED...WHICH WILL LIKELY DIP DOWN ACROSS MAINLY THE EAST. RIDGE FINALLY STRENGTHENS AND MOVES ACROSS THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK AS TROUGH DROPS INTO THE PLAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HOT AND DRY MONDAY/TUESDAY. CHANGES SET FOR MID-WEEK AS UL TROUGH AND COLD FRONT AFFECT THE REGION. STORMS WILL SHOW UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY BUT BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON THURSDAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 526 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-171030- 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- 526 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. 04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 908 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 TNZ022-170245- BENTON- 908 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON COUNTY... AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 31
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down across southern portions of Benton County.
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