A large area of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee and strong gusty surface winds occurred across the mid state during the evening hours on Tuesday, March 8th. Some of the thunderstorms within this area reached strong thresholds.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A large area of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee and strong gusty surface winds occurred across the mid state during the evening hours on Tuesday, March 8th. Some of the thunderstorms within this area reached strong thresholds. A strong thunderstorm developed over Coffee County resulting in damage in Manchester. Strong gusty surface winds resulted in damage across Warren 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 Mar 8, 5:56 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 556 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECASTS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS, AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 15Z. BTWN 15Z AND 23Z THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE MID STATE. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH 06Z DUE TO CIGS AND VSBY, THEN DETERIORATE TO IFR AFTER 08Z. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO MVFR AT BNA AFTER 15Z, WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED AT 19Z. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 KTS PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE, WITH SOUTHWEST-TO-WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 18 KTS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TNZ008>011-027>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 220 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 TNZ008>011-027>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-092030- SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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- 220 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. HEAVY RAIN HOWEVER SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL WILL TOTAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO JUST EAST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE WEST PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY NOONTIME WEDNESDAY...AND THEN WILL BE LOCATED EAST OF THE MID STATE BY EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...BUT CONTINUE OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. TNZ005>007-022>026-092030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON- CHEATHAM- 220 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. ANY HEAVIER RAIN HOWEVER SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL COULD TOTAL FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO JUST EAST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE WEST PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY NOONTIME WEDNESDAY...AND THEN WILL BE LOCATED EAST OF THE MID STATE BY EARLY EVENING. RAIN WILL PERSIST DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL POSSIBILITIES HAVING DIMINISHED. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER MAY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. STEIGERWALDT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
Trees were blown down onto power lines near the United Regional Medical Center. Wind gusts were estimated to be between 40 to 50 mph. Actual damage type and associated cost to the power lines were unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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