Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of June 23 over northern areas of the Cumberland Plateau. A few reports of wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of June 23 over northern areas of the Cumberland Plateau. A few reports of wind damage were 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 23, 2:15 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 315 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 .DISCUSSION...UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING SWWD THROUGH THE OH/TN VALLEYS AND THEN TURNING WWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS. LIMITED INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE IS PRODUCING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON. TSTM ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING AS THE DIURNAL CYCLE DIMINISHES. THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH MOVES EWD OVER THE NEXT 72 HRS AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SRN ROCKIES ATTEMPS TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM. BY MON A BROAD UPPER RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE SRN ROCKIES ENEWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AND DEEP SOUTH. THIS WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 20-30 PCT RANGE AND INCREASE AFTN HIGH TEMPS INTO THE LOW/MID 90S BY THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK. THE UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND ACTUALLY EXPAND NWD A BIT. OF COURSE THIS CONTINUE THE WARM HUMID WEATHER WITH THE EXPECTATION OF AFTN TSTMS EACH DAY. BOTH THE GFS AND THE EURO BRING A "TROPICAL FEATURE" NWWD ACROSS YUCATAN INTO THE SWRN GULF ON DAYS 4-7. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 88 66 87 67 / 40 40 20 30 CLARKSVILLE 87 62 85 64 / 40 40 20 30 CROSSVILLE 81 64 81 60 / 40 40 30 20 COLUMBIA 88 68 88 68 / 30 30 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 87 68 88 67 / 30 30 30 20 WAVERLY 88 64 86 66 / 40 40 20 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1240 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241000- 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- 1240 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WITH THE CONTINUANCE OF THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE MID STATE THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .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 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 243 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 TNZ007-008-027-028-232030- DAVIDSON-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-WILSON- 243 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...ROBERTSON...SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GOODLETTSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HENDERSONVILLE BY 250 PM CDT. GALLATIN BY 305 PM CDT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 328 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 TNZ009-028>031-232115- JACKSON-MACON-SMITH-TROUSDALE-WILSON- 328 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON...MACON...SMITH... TROUSDALE AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 402 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 TNZ011-232115- PICKETT- 402 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PICKETT COUNTY... AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BYRDSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 21
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a mobile home and numerous trees were knocked down near the Green Brier community.
Trees were blown down across southern Overton County.
Trees were blown down on Highway 42 near Rickman. The highway was blocked temporarily.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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