A Mesoscale Convective System moved across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on June 28 causing widespread wind damage. Another MCS spread across western and southern portions of Middle Tennessee later in the morning with more wind damage and heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A Mesoscale Convective System moved across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on June 28 causing widespread wind damage. Another MCS spread across western and southern portions of Middle Tennessee later in the morning with more wind damage and heavy rainfall.
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 27, 10:17 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1117 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 .UPDATE...ADDED AVIATION SECTION. && .AVIATION...BNA/CSV...SHORTWAVE APPROACHING MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE NW WILL BRING SCATTERED CONVECTION TO THE MID STATE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER TOMORROW AS A WEAK SURFACE FRONT DROPS INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE NORTH, BRINGING ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL HANDLE THE LATTER PERIOD WITH "CB" REMARKS FOR NOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1023 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011/ UPDATE...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY, AND BELIEVE THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SINK SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. THUS, WILL INCREASE POPS TO "LIKELY" OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES (INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA). WILL PROBABLY LEAVE THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST AS IT IS, AND TRY TO GET A ZFP UPDATE OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 505 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281030- 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- 505 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY TO DAMAGING WINDS AND PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CARRY OVER INTO LATE MORNING TUESDAY AS THE FRONT PASSES BUT THAT RISK WILL BE MOSTLY ACROSS THE SOUTH...AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE ALABAMA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
213 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
TNZ008-009-280815-
MACON-SUMNER-
213 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MACON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...
AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSVILLE...OR 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WESTMORELAND BY 245 AM CDT.
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE BY 305 AM CDT.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3661 8580 3645 8584 3648 8612 3647 8618
3649 8623 3648 8622 3647 8623 3640 8669
3665 8655
21SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
243 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
TNZ005-006-280845-
MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
243 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY AND STEWART
COUNTIES...
AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEMBROKE TO
MURRAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAK GROVE TO MURRAY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GUTHRIE BY 305 AM CDT.
CLARKSVILLE BY 315 AM CDT.
DOVER BY 320 AM CDT.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3668 8791 3667 8787 3665 8785 3666 8713
3648 8714 3639 8802 3642 8805 3658 8805
3667 8808 3668 8807
21The Nashville radar (KOHX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:49 UTC.
17 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down 4 miles north of Lafayette.
Fort Campbell weather observer reported several trees were blown down and a few homes had damage to siding on Isaac Drive in the Tylertown subdivision.
Several trees were split in half and shingles were blown off buildings in an apartment complex near the intersection of Vietnam Veterans Boulevard and Center Point Road in Hendersonville.
A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 60 mph in Springfield.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 25 and Highway 76.
A large tree limb was blown down blocking the road at the intersection of Firefly Road and Old Lebanon Dirt Road in Hermitage.
A large tree limb was blown down blocking Tulip Grove Road in Hermitage.
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal reported two large trees were blown down onto a house at 223 E. Lytle Street, with one tree damaging the porch and another falling on a car.
Tree limbs were blown down across southern Coffee County.
A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 60 mph in Manchester.
A few trees were blown down in and around Columbia.
A tree was blown down on Lassiter Road in southern DeKalb County.
Several trees were blown down across Bedford County.
A tree was blown down onto a power line which caused a house fire just southwest of the Marshall County line.
A few trees were blown down in and around Lewisburg.
A tree was blown down near Ethridge.
Over 1.5 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes. Nearby creeks rose rapidly.
One tree was blown down in Camden.
A foot of water covered Morris Avenue in Clifton.
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